Parquet flooring is a pillar of traditional design and parquet floor installations are now making a comeback. Here’s the lowdown on this highly fashionable form of wood flooring and how it came to be: A brief history of parquet flooring Since 1684, when it was originally employed in the palace of Versailles, parquet (or parquetry), has been greatly admired – that’s more than 330 years spent enhancing our buildings. Interestingly, parquet was originally chosen for the palace because the marble flooring that came before it required continual cleaning and featured inadequate sealing caused by the subfloor and joists that often deteriorated. Enter parquetry, a low-maintenance but incredibly attractive flooring solution. Visual Appeal Herringbone flooring installations have an inherently fascinating aesthetic appeal. If you choose a traditional mosaic parquet flooring installation, which features a repeating pattern of narrow strips, you can transform a whole room, and make...
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