buhl
(buːl)
Also Boulle, q.v.
[f. Boulle name of a wood-carver in France in the reign of Louis XIV. (Buhl appears to be a modern Germanized spelling.)]
Brass, tortoise-shell, or other material, worked into ornamental patterns for inlaying; work inlaid with buhl. Also attrib.
| 1823 Rutter Fonthill 14 A pier table, richly ornamented with buhl. 1831 Carlyle Sart. Res. iii. x. 336 A wardrobe of Buhl is on the left. 1842 Barham Ingol. Leg. (1877) 185 A splendid buhl stand. 1870 Daily News 7 Feb., Scenes with real hangings, real buhl clocks, and other articles. |
b. Comb., as buhl-saw, a saw used in cutting out buhl-work; buhl-work (see quot.).
| 1832 Babbage Econ. Manuf. xi. (ed. 3) 96 Inlaid plates of brass and rosewood, called buhlwork. 1875 Ure Dict. Arts s.v., Buhl-work consists of inlaid veneers; and differs from marquetry in being confined to decorative scroll-work. |