buhln.
/buːl/, U.S. /bul/ Brass, tortoiseshell, or other material, worked into ornamental patterns for inlaying; work inlaid with buhl. Also attributive.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying > [noun] > with brass, tortoise-shell, etc.
buhl1823
Boulle1875
1823 J. Rutter Delineations of Fonthill 14 A pier table, richly ornamented with buhl.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. x. 102/1 A Wardrobe of Buhl is on the left.
1842 R. H. Barham Bloudie Jacke in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 175 A splendid buhl stand.
1870 Daily News 7 Feb. Scenes with real hangings, real buhl clocks, and other articles.
Compounds
buhl-saw n. a saw used in cutting out buhl-work.
buhl-work n. (see quot.).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying > [noun] > with brass, tortoise-shell, etc. > piece of inlaid work
buhl-work1832
1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. xi. 75 Inlaid plates of brass and rosewood, called buhl work.
1860 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 5) I. 468 Buhl-work consists of inlaid veneers; and differs from marquetry in being confined to decorative scrollwork.
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