Our inventory of marquetry dining tables includes fine examples of antique marquetry dining tables together with our collection of contemporary bespoke marquetry dining tables available in a variety of sizes and featuring an amazing Victorian style design. One of the key features of these fine marquetry tables, and one which makes them truly special, is the highly detailed marquetry decoration that has been expertly applied to the lovely surface of these fine items of furniture.
Marquetry Dining Tables - Made Using the Age Old Skill of the Master Craftsman Marquetry is the process of inlaying carefully cut out designs from top quality wood into the surface of a table or other item of furniture. It is still practiced to this day and is done using techniques that are in many cases generations old. Although some power tools are used these days, the bulk of the work is still done by hand.
The intricate designs applied to our marquetry dining tables feature a variety of shapes and symbols that have been meticulously cut out and inlaid into the table’s surface. Once that is complete, the entire surface is French polished to accentuate the fine marquetry work and lovely grain of the wood.
We can supply tables of varying sizes according to your needs. These range from a small circular or square table up to a very large 35ft long conference table that would grace even the most opulent of boardrooms, conference rooms, or hotel function rooms.
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The making of a bespoke marquetry dining table involves many phases,
carried out with the highest level of attention to detail by third generation
master craftsmen in our workshop in Italy. First, the design of the marquetry is drawn on paper.
The paper is then glued onto a sheet of plywood and the veneers are attached to the underside
with pins. There can be a maximum of 16 sheets of veneer. In this case there are 8 for the bar
walnut and 8 for the marquetry. With a fret cutter, using a very fine blade, the marquetry
is cut out using the bar walnut and various colored veneers to compose the flowers. Today
we use an electric fret cutter, although in the 18th and 19th centuries the cutters were operated
by cradles. All of the cut out pieces of veneer are then placed on a large tray.
They are then signed by being placed in hot sand in a red hot crucible. This sign effect
gives different shades to the various veneers depending on how deep and how long they are left
in the hot sand. The various items of veneer are then inserted into the bar walnut one by one.
After they are inserted, tape is placed over them to keep them in place.
They are then turned over and a sheet of crude paper is placed over them all,
after which the tape can be removed.
The prepared solid mahogany table is then veneered with mahogany,
twice on the underside, horizontal and vertically, and then once on the top side.
The prepared marquetry and bar walnut sheet is then placed on top and the whole table top
is placed into the hot press, which glues the sheet to the top.
Once the assembly is complete, the table is french polished by
hand using natural products, resulting in a stunning bespoke masterpiece of marquetry.
