Talk:Inlay (furniture)

Regarding Merge request:
I think instead of merging with Marquetry, this article should be expanded to talk about other kinds of inlay, such as stone. Mapetite526 19:41, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, since inlay is also a term applying in dentistry, I think the best solution (and compromise) would be to convert the inlay article into a disambig page to the different uses of the term. Each article can then expand on its own subject. - Dozenist talk  04:30, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

While I can't speak to the dental uses of inlay, I will offer that in the woodworking sense, combining inlay with marquetry would be a bit misleading. I understand marquetry to be a subset of inlay, rather than a synonym. The best analogy I can come up with is poetry vs. writing. Poetry is writing, but they are not the same thing.

Marquetry is NOT inlay, really not even a subset. In Marquetry the thin wood is applied ON the wood background. With Inlay the wood is let in the background by cutting out a pocket and pushing the inlay into that pocket. In short Inlay is IN, Marquetry is ON.