Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Parquet
par KAY

A floor composed of short strips or blocks of wood forming a pattern, sometimes with inlays of other woods or other materials

In furniture, a similar technique is marquetry

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Examples from Buffalo architecture:

• Illustration above: 51 Symphony Circle
  
  
• Stella Lowry House
  
  
• August Feine House - Example #1
  
  
• August Feine House - Example #2
  
  
• Saturn Club
  
  
• 143 Linwood Avenue
  
  
• E. F. Hall Office and Residence
  
  
• Bush/Depew House
  

Other examples:

• Residence Museum, Munich, Germany
  
  
• Fontainebleau Palace, France
  
  
• Yusupov Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
  
  
• Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Photos and their arrangement © 2004 Chuck LaChiusa
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