>Appantly Bretton asked the following,all though I have not seen the 
>original post.
>
>  > At what point in history did veneer become a common and well-refined
>  > technique?

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I believe that I have read that veneering was being used by the 
Egyptians and examples were found in the pyramids. Sorry I do not 
have a reference
jim
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