Chats on Old Clocks

CHAPTER III

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THE LONG-CASE CLOCK--THE PERIOD OF VENEER AND MARQUETRY 67

What is veneer?--What is marquetry?--The use of veneer and marquetry on long-case clocks--No common origin of design--_Le style réfugié_--Derivative nature of marquetry clock-cases--The wall-paper period--The incongruities of marquetry