Straw Marquetry – Graphic Assemblies

A very ancient craft art, straw marquetry holds a special place in decorative arts. Generally applied to furniture, wood paneling, and objects, it lends itself to a wide range of ornamentation and can be used to cover all kinds of surfaces, from large wooden panels to small furniture knobs. Thanks to its natural sheen, straw plays with light, offering a delicate and refined finish.

This book presents the different marquetry techniques to use depending on the application surface and offers a series of step-by-step objects to create. It also explains, through an extremely comprehensive catalogue of samples, how to assemble shapes, choose colors, and play with the direction of the fiber to create simple or complex geometric patterns.