Inlay Collection

The Philobiblon of Richard De Bury
A picture of the book, The Philobiblon, by Richard De Bury, bound in red Morocco, with silk ends, inlay and gold tooling, gold gauffered top edges, others deckeled. Date: circa 1925

Visitor's Book
This picture shows a visitor's bookk for Beale & Co. Ltd, bound in amber brown Morocco, inlay and gold tooling, brown moire silk ends and gauffered edges. Date: circa 1925

Missale Romanum
A picture of the Missale Romanum, the liturgical book of the Roman Rite that contains the texts and rubrics for the celebration of the Mass

Coffer of scribe. Spain
Coffer of scribe. Made of wood with mother-of-pearl inlay work. Granadine Circle. 14th century. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain

Folding chair in ash wood. Second half of 1400 BC. Bronze Age. Guldhoj barrow, Southern Jutland. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

The Beauty of Palmyra. C. 190-210 A. C. Limestone. Carlsberg
The Beauty of Palmyra. C. 190-210 A.C. Limestone. Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Couch and footstool with bone carvings and glass inlays. 1st
Roman Art. Couch and footstool with bone carvings and glass inlays. 1st2nd century A.D. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Cross and letters with inlay of precious stones belonging to the Treasury of Torredonjimeno. 7th c. Visigothic art. Jewelry. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia

Elizabethan Spinet
A rare Elizabethan double spinet. This fine example is beautifully inlaid and has a lovely scene painted inside the lid. Date: 16th century

Furniture maker - Local Egyptian artisan, Cairo
Furniture maker, adding bone inlay to an octagonal table - Local Egyptian artisan, Cairo. Date: circa 1910s

Kashmir Walnut & Copper Carving, India
A highly-skilled craftsman producing carvings in copper and walnut wood - Kashmir, India. Date: 1910s

Tea Stand 1930S
A handy tea stand decorated with an oriental motif inlay, a kind of cross between a tea tray and a tea trolley. Date: 1930s

Bethlehem - Working Mother-of-Pearl
Working Mother-of-Pearl used (amongst other things) in the decoration of furniture and small decorative items in Bethlehem, then very much part of the Ottoman Empire

Arab Carpentry Shop, Cairo, Egypt, making screens, furniture, bookstands and Mother-of-pearl inlay

Dagger Found at Mycenae
A dagger blade ca 16th C.BC, found at Mycenae by Schliemann. Probably made by Minoan craftsmen for use by a Mycenaean, as the hunters are in the Minoan style

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