When we think of traditional marquetry we conjure up thoughts of making marquetry with those tools that have been passed down to us over the centuries. The Chevalet de Marqueterie is one such tool. In France, trade schools such as the Ecole Boulle in Paris still teach students the use of this tool as well as others related to the craft. There are a few throughout France who have preserved the tools of long ago. Below are a group of tools that would have been found in a marquetry workshop a hundred years ago.
A pricking machine for making duplicate patterns, marquetry cutters donkey and a treadle operated scroll saw. Of these, the "donkey" is relative in todays world because it cuts marquetry in a way that modern technology has been unable to improve upon. The photo is from a French periodical from the time in question.
