French Marquetry Furniture: Paintings in Wood Jewellery Camillo Palladini's Discourse on the

Camillo Palladini's Discourse on the Art of Fencing is an extraordinary document

Coupled with the Wallace Collection's other Boucher paintings in the stairwell

looking at armour

this picture represented smell in a series of five monumental canvases symbolizing the senses

French Marquetry Furniture: Paintings in Wood Jewellery Camillo Palladini's Discourse on the10% discount for Members Join now Marquetry creating patterns and pictures through inlaid veneers has long been recognised as one of the most attractive and sophisticated methods of decorating fine furniture. The compositions of 18th century Parisian marquetry were described by one contemporary as no less than 'paintings in wood'. This Wallace Collection publication written by one of the museums former conservationists, Yannick Chastang, highlights