On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:06:24 +0000, Nick Odell wrote:

On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 15:17:09 GMT, JohnP wrote:

I recall back in the late 1950s that my father made several items they
were decorated with marquetry.

He wasn't particulary artistic and I suppose some "kits" were involved..


Was it a fad or fasion at the time? Were kits widely offered?

Gamages department store had the "Hobbies" brand treadle fret-saw which
was used to cut the marquetry veneers to shape.

To my amazement, I discovered last year that Hobbies is still around; I
bought a micro-mill off them and some other stuff.

They still do the marquetry kits:

https://www.hobbies.co.uk/site-search?term=marquetry


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