poker-work

Pictures of all sorts crowded the walls, interspersed by several proverbs done in poker-work on wood.

Flying Finish Francis, Dick, 1920- 1966

It's a ditty-box; rather a superior one, and a good bit bigger than usual; almost a chest; brass bound and a nice bit of poker-work on it; a girl's head.

Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Various

George Markby, the name was; and that's poker-work on it, too.

Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Various

He wouldn't make this fuss over a bit of poker-work, I knew.

Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Various

The exterior may be decorated by a design in poker-work, or be stained and varnished.

Things To Make Archibald Williams

Perhaps Ogilvie may have been a little jealous of Dorward's influence; he also was really alarmed at the prospect, as he said, of so much fire being wasted upon poker-work.

The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927

I liked the pictures pasted on the walls, and the bits of poker-work nailed up.

A Popular Schoolgirl Angela Brazil 1907

She talked to them about their various hobbies, and was herself interested in so many different things that she could give valuable hints on photography, bookbinding, raffia-plaiting, poker-work, chip-carving, stencilling, pen-painting, or any other of the handicrafts in which the Juniors dabbled.

A Patriotic Schoolgirl Angela Brazil 1907

Also Marion got a spaniel and began to dabble with the minor arts, with poker-work and a Kodak and hyacinths in glasses.

Tono Bungay 1906

The boudoir contained some scholastic furniture and a vast number of worthless knick-knacks in poker-work, fret-work, leathern

Brother Copas Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903