Visually, the instruments are considered very impressive, boasting a great deal of veneering and marquetry. Oystering or oyster veneer is a decorative form of veneering, a type of parquetry. It is also used in joinery, veneering and general woodwork assembly. It is characterized by the simulation of marble (marble veneering). These instruments have luxuriant veneering of the Louis XVI style. In addition, in the mid 1960s, the company patented an improved veneering procedure. Oyster veneering fell out of fashion from c.1710.