marquetry

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

marquetry
    n 1: inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or
         picture that is then used to ornament furniture [syn:
         {marquetry}, {marqueterie}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

marqueterie \mar"que*te*rie\, marquetry \mar"quet*ry\, n. [F.
   marqueterie, from marqueter to checker, inlay, fr. marque
   mark, sign; of German origin. See {Mark} a sign.]
   Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory,
   veneer, and the like, of several colors, fitted together to
   form a design or picture that is then used to ornament
   furniture.
   [1913 Webster]