a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages
veneering technique, found particularly on early C18th walnut furniture, in which four essentially identical and usually highly-figured sheets of veneer are laid opposite to each other, thereby producing a symmetrical and mirrored design. The pieces are made (effectively) identical by cutting them sequentially from the same piece of wood.
Method of applying veneer to largeish flat surfaces. Four thin slices of veneer are cut from the same piece and are laid in opposite mirror images on a surface such as a desk or table.
Quartering in heraldry is a method of joining several different coats of arms together in one shield by dividing the shield into not more than four equal parts and placing different coats of arms in each division.