Marquetry Wood Inlay Panel of Hot Air Balloons over Rolling Hills at Sunrise

A wide decorative marquetry panel made entirely of inlaid wood veneers, showing seven hot air balloons drifting over gently rolling hills at sunrise. Each balloon is pieced from contrasting veneer strips: pale maple, golden satinwood, honey oak, reddish padauk, dark walnut, and near-black ebony, arranged in bold curved gores with tiny wicker baskets below. The hills form soft layered bands of olive ash, warm cherry, and smoky oak, with a patchwork of small fields, a row of poplar trees, a windin...