Figure 1. Corner detail of games table （图1所示。）.pdf

Figure 1. Corner detail of games table (Metropolitan Museum of Art/ADA 66.170) showing anthemions, circles, stars and Greek key. Figure 2 1996 WAG Postprints—Norfolk, Virginia Laser Reproduction of Brass/Wood Inlay in Furniture by Charles Honoré Lannuier Mark Minor, Conservator in Private Practice, Salida, Colorado HE FURNITURE OF CHARLES HONORÉ (or exact) inlay elements or units can be seen on Lannuier, an early 19th-century New York the work of diverse artisans, strongly suggesting a Tcabinetmaker, certainly represents one common source for much of this work. (fig. 3) of the pinnacles of furniture craftsmanship on this continent. Those of us lucky enough to have Restoration of Lost Inlay worked with his pieces have been treated to often Because this brass/wood inlay plays such a prom- dazzling displays of intricate joinery, frighteningly inent role in the decorative scheme of Lannuier’s crisp carving and decorative details whose exe- work, replacement of missing portions has been a cution somewhat boggles the mind, even in our vexing problem for conservators and restorers in own era of high technology. Take for example, the the past. Often sections are lost in toto , which at complex tapered, sliding dovetails—a luthier’s least affords the conservator the ability to manu- joint—he used for leg attachments on many of facture a complete strip or unit by the method of his pier and games tables. With Lannuier’s fur- their choosing. These have included everything niture there is always some exquisitely executed from the simple (painting/gilding on wood ) to detail lurking for the observant eye, especially in the sophisticated (photo-etching), to the endur- passages where a much simpler or