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Sulfur inlay
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<p>Sulfur inlay is a rarely used technique for decorative surface <a href="/facts/Inlay/tb7pPfz1">inlay</a> in wooden cabinetmaking. </p> <p>The technique originates in the 18th century, but was only used for a short period. Between 1765 and around 1820, <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania_Dutch/LxFq7QLQ">German immigrant</a> cabinetmakers in <a href="/facts/Lancaster_County,_Pennsylvania/7r0Iy4QV">Lancaster County, Pennsylvania</a>, used it to decorate the surface of chests. The Deitrich chest of 1783 is now in the <a href="/facts/Smithsonian_Institution/pqC74ta9">Smithsonian</a>. </p><p>Commercial reproducers of such chests may rarely re-create this inlay technique as well. </p>