Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

marqueterie

marqueterie , noun

[French marqueterie, from marqueter to checker, inlay, from 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.

Also: marquetry