Show veneering uselin used in egypt thousands of years year ago while we do not know when and where the art of veneering was in invented there is no doubt that it had reached a high stage of development in egypt years ago observes a writer in the achl chicago ago tribune it was practiced by linthe the ancient babylonians and As syrians by the greeks and particularly by the romans who used it riot not only in furniture but also in door frames and panels when the ancient european civilization was submerged by the dark ages the art of veneering was temporarily pora rily lost only to be revived in the form of inlays during the renaissance ais sance true veneering did not become common in europe until after the middle of the seventeenth century when a new type of saw was invented which would divide a plank into thin sheets the art reached the point ol 01 technical perfection during the reign of louis XIV and ever since that time it has been practiced by most of the great cabinet makers of all countries except of course in the case of the carvers of whom ch chippendale ippen is the outstanding exemplar most of the magnificent furniture of the eighteenth century france that of the adam hepplewhite and sheraton styles in england and the really distinguished furniture of the late colonial and federal periods in america made a free use of ve |