strips are repositioned such that the strips are in contact with one another thereby removing the space created by the first saw cut as discussed above wood purfling strips 22 typically comes in lengths of thirty two inches as shown in fig6 the ornamental border 18 formed by the shell purfling may be bordered on each side by wood purfling 22 or other types of marquetry because the shell purfling strips 100 of the present invention have sufficient flexibility to be mounted at the same time as the wood purfling strips 22 the installation of the shell purfling strips may be facilitated by pre attaching a plurality of shell purling strips in an end to end configuration to the side of a wood purfling strip this step results in a single perfling unit thirty two inches in length where the wood purfling strip acts as a reinforcement member for the plurality of shell perfling strips 100 therefore an embodiment of the present invention comprises preattaching shell purfling strips 100 to a reinforcement member such as wood purfling strips 22 the wood purfling strips are available with adhesive along the side such that the shell purfing strips 100 may be attached in parallel length wise attachment to the wood purfling strips with a side 56 of the shell perfling strip in lengthwise attachment to a side of the wood purfling strip attachment of the shell purfling strips 100 to wood purfling strips may be facilitated by using a jig 200 such as.