"Marqueterie de paille" Damier - Gris - 75 Cigares Crocodile Inlays of mother-of-pearl

Inlays of mother-of-pearl

These processes require a great deal of expertise and precision

Elie Bleu takes hold of it for the first time and shapes it from wood to place himself in this new year under his celestial protection

2017 Year of the Rooster

These secrets have always been well protected by highly specialized but above all passionate workers

"Marqueterie de paille" Damier - Gris - 75 Cigares Crocodile Inlays of mother-of-pearlStraw marquetry Straw marquetry is an art very similar to that of wood marquetry, in which straw replaces the wood veneer. It is a technique from the Far East which was imported to Europe, England and France, in the 17th century . To obtain a pallet similar to that of wood veneer, wheat or oat straw is split and then soaked in cold, hot or lukewarm water. The strips, once more or less intensively ironed, present a variety of tones ranging from light