buhl work
noun1
Arts, Business, Carpentry, Construction, Crafts, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Manufacturing, Woodworking Carved pieces of brass or other material for inlay in furniture and other woodwork.
- The inlaid plates of brass and rosewood, called buhl work, which ornament our furniture, are, in some instances, formed by punching; but in this case, both the parts cut out, and those which remain, are in many cases employed.1835, Charles Babbage, On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures, 4th edition, page 96: