Tunbridge ware

[tuhn-brij]

Tunbridge ware

[tuhn-brij]
noun
decorative wooden ware, including tables, trays, boxes, and ornamental objects, produced especially in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Tunbridge Wells, England, with mosaiclike marquetry sawed from square-sectioned wooden rods of different natural colors.

Origin:
1765–75
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