Lowell Lecture
Curated Conversations: Painting in Wood: Marquetry and Parquetry
Date & Time
March 10, 2019 at 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Location
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115
Driving Directions
Speaker(s)
Gordon Hanlon, Head of Furniture and Frame Conservation
Presenting Organization
Topics
Explore the techniques used to transform colorful woods into exquisite patterns for the decoration of the surfaces of furniture. In marquetry and parquetry, thin veneers or slices of wood are cut in a variety of shapes and pieced together like a jigsaw puzzle. Gordon Hanlon, Head of Furniture and Frame Conservation, discusses the techniques used to decorate ornate 18th-century furniture from France, England, and Germany. View samples that illustrate the stages in the creation of these two exciting forms of wood decoration..