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Blackwell also began exploring the art of marquetry, creating works that often feature inlaid patterns of trees, mushrooms and geometric shapes.

That untitled 1973 work is a table inlaid with a tile mural depicting an Aztec couple and the Tree of Wisdom.

“This was the main production case for the Grateful Dead,” says Scriven, brushing his hand reverently over its polished wooden surface, inlaid with the Dead’s 13-point lightning bolt insignia.

The partnership regularly dispatches cleaners who scrub down the bronze inlaid stars on the Walk of Fame, repair lighting and sweep the streets.

Three hulking partial wheels of cheese form the backdrop for a veritable bounty of eggs, crab, shrimp and boiled lobster, arranged amid gilded and pewter-topped vessels and silverware inlaid with precious stones.