Spindler, Marqueterie d’ Art

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One of Emmy’s friends has a picture, made entirely of small pieces of wood veneer, an art called Marquetry. Her husband bought the picture, created by the artist Paul Spindler, “… somewhere near Nancy, in the Vosges Mountains,” when he was in France with the US Army.

With the help of the Tourist Information Office in Nancy, we found Spindler’s studio all right, but at Saint Léonard, near Obernai, about twenty miles from Strasbourg — many, many miles east of Nancy. We now have the beautiful Spindler art in our home. It was created by Paul’s son, Jean-Charles (John) Spindler.
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Here is a Marquetry picture waiting to be assembled. These tiny pieces of wood veneer were cut using a foot operated jig-saw, controlled by a length of wood as the spring. Veneer of various colors are carefully selected to accurately represent the scene to be captured by this fantastic artist.