 Although marquetry is a technique separate from inlay, English marquetry-makers were called "inlayers" throughout the 18th century.In Paris, before 1789, makers of veneered or marquetry furniture ("ébénistes") belonged to a separate guild from chair-makers and other furniture craftsmen working in solid wood ("menuisiers").Tiling patterning has been more highly developed in the Islamic world than anywhere else, and many extraordinary examples of inlay work have come from Middle Eastern countries such as Lebanon and Iran.