Parquet Flooring - Hardwood Borders & Hardwood Floor Medallion Inlays. A New Aesthetic.

Austria. The 18th & 19th Century Old Decorative Parquetry Works

2011-05-17T11:19:00.000-07:00

Vienna, Austria.

Thomas Reiner runs a special business: he restores old parquet floors and in other cases recovers, restores and resells the same type of parquetry.

His website – www.antique-parquet.com - has a section where old, recovered and restored parquetry is offered for sale and it’s patiently waiting to start a new life.

Viewing Mr. Reiner’s collection of parquetry, one can have an idea on the decorative parquet flooring history. Not only the aesthetic side but how the importance of the work has been shared between the richest and the less rich of the society.

The richest.

The oldest – and the most spectacular – work is a piece of inlaid parquetry dating from 1745 and originating from Hetzendorf Castle, Vienna (an edifice build 1694 by Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, bought in 1742 by Empress Maria Theresia of Habsburg, rebuild until 1745):


Hetzendorf Castle, Austria - Intricate Inlaid Parquetry Work, cca. 1745

Made of Oak, Mahogany, Maple & other specie | Size (in mm) 30 x 4530 x 4530 | Designed by Francois Cuvillies & Pacassi 1743 – 1745.

Here are some components of the larger assembly:

Parquetry border, part of the Hetzendorf Castle inlay.

Central motif, part of intricate Hetzendorf Castle parquetry work;

The musicians and the nobility.

Down at a simple level there are parquet panels with design.

1.The first one is said to originate from the house of a musician, in Vienna. Notice the attention given to the design and the intricacy of detail.

Ringstrasse, Vienna, room of a musician - intricate parquet panel;

or another one worked with the same finesse:

Vienna, Austria, the end of the 19th century - Oak and maple parquet panel;

2. Beautifully parquet panel with geometric shapes – and done in maple, oak and mahogany.

Geometric shapes parquet panel inlay

A time when the attention for detail produced works of art we can inspire from today.

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From Simple to Intricate - A Rectangular Parquet Flooring Installation

2011-04-08T14:03:00.000-07:00

From a simple Herringbone pattern to an intricate 3 components (medallion, border + parquet flooring) parquet flooring installation the attached design shows how the same room can evolve.

by pavexparquet


1. - Herringbone; 2. - Herringbone + Greek key border; 3. – Herringbone + Greek Key Border + Medallion

A Typical Installation - Hardwood Floor Border with Herringbone Laid Parquet

2011-03-29T01:28:00.000-07:00

Somewhere in the U.K.-

The installation in the image is done in a relatively small room. It is composed from a Herringbone laid parquet pattern in the middle (parquet battens 10x70x350mm) a Greek Key DE (double edge) border and the backfill strip (completes the installation to the wall).

Classic rectangle shape of the border, classic installation.

Greek Key Hardwood Border + Herringbone laid parquet flooring

Insole Court in South Wales and the fine parquetry with inlay border. Craftsmanship of the 19th century.

2011-03-28T12:32:00.000-07:00

The Insole Court is a Llandlaff, South Wales located mansion who belonged to James Harvey Insole, a colliery proprietor. It's a mansion whose building started at the middle of 19th century and went through a series of rebuilding and redecoration phases afterwards.

What interests us is the parquetry flooring installed in the house in the 19th century which, in the dining room, features a splendid parquet border.

I have found two detail images on Mark's photo stream at Flickr:

Wide parquet border inlay - detail, Insole Court.


Parquet flooring with border, Insole Court - detail

Old parquet floor borders for restoration in New York city residence

2011-03-28T08:49:00.001-07:00

Some time ago one customer requested the reproduction of a parquet border to be used in the recreation of an old floor in a New York city residence. The border to be reproduced was a well known pattern. Attached are two images showing the pattern but also the degree of deterioration the flooring was in at that date.
Unfortunately there are a lot of this kind of works on which the time-effect and the lack of care are devastating.

Damaged hardwood border - image 1

Damaged hardwood border - image 2

Hardwood Floor Medallion Installation - Somewhere in France

2011-03-27T09:30:00.000-07:00

Somewhere in France - Installed Hardwood Floor Medallion


Hardwood Floor Medallion Initial Drawing

This post presents an installation of a "8 RAYS MARQ FRAME" hardwood floor medallion - somewhere in France. It is an interesting installation in a kitchen (...!...). We have attached two images, one of the initial design provided to the customer and their final installation.

Parquet border in Sankt Petersburg

2011-03-27T05:56:00.001-07:00

parquet, a photo by liz&jeff | patonphotography.ca on Flickr.

Large inlay border in one of the Sankt Petersburg palaces - a type of Greek key pattern. Some of the works there have been remade after the damages inflicted in the WW II.

The works in the palaces of Hermitage and Pavlovsk (but not only) are worth seeing.

Solid System Hardwood Floor Borders

2011-03-27T02:17:00.000-07:00

The image attached shows a sectioned hardwood floor border (our Grill pattern in this case). It is a standard 10 mm thickness product that can be installed in glue down parquetry works.

For the case where different thicknesses are needed there are the following two solutions available:
1. Inferior thickness - under 10 mm thicknesses can be manufactured - like 8 mm (5/16 inch) for example;
2. Superior thicknesses - something like 19 mm (3/4 inch) or 21 - 22 mm - for this case a plywood is attached underneath the border to compensate to the overall thickness of the surrounding floor;

Solid System Hardwood Floor Border

Stefanie's Brooklyn Renovation - Old Parquet Flooring with Inlay Borders

2010-09-23T12:18:00.001-07:00

DiningRoom1
Originally uploaded by MrsLimestone

Stefanie's renovation of a Brooklyn house apartment has brought back to life an old parquet flooring.

The parquet is installed with inlay borders in a few patterns used in that epoch.

It is rarely seen on the Internet such well done pictures not to mention the succession of images that show how an old parquet (nail-down installation) has been transformed.

The pictures show the splendor of the old floor and the aesthetic contribution of the inlay borders.

Stefanie's blog: http://www.brooklynlimestone.com/

Wood Floor Medallion - Installed in a Relatively Large Room - Dark Color Installation

2010-08-08T04:09:00.001-07:00

A large medallion (1500 mm diameter - cca 60 inches) has been installed in a room with a dark color parquet flooring. A simple no design one color sycamore border cca 200 mm / 8 inches creates a rectangle. by- Pavex Parquet;
Hardwood Floor Medallions

Parquet Flooring with Border - Patina Treated

2010-08-08T04:02:00.001-07:00

Treating with patina would level the colors of the parquet flooring and make the whole installation look different.
Attached a picture of a small surface patina treated.
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Wood Floor Borders - A Technical Drawing

2010-08-08T03:56:00.001-07:00

For visitors seeking the technical aspects of the wood floor borders and their installation we publish this design.
As this blog is dedicated to the wood floor borders and medallions and their aesthetic valences we encourage the visitor to ask questions with reference to this subject.
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Parquet Flooring - Border and Medallion Inlays - A New Aesthetic

2010-08-08T03:04:00.002-07:00

Infinity - Wood Border Inlay Installed in a Hall

2010-08-08T03:04:00.001-07:00

A couple of pictures with the INFINITY wood floor border installed in a hall.
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Parquet Flooring - A New Aesthetic (The Article)

2007-01-31T06:21:00.000-08:00

Parquet Flooring - A New Aesthetic
The hardwood borders – this is the used term on US market – are a high-end unfinished* made of solid hardwood product which unlike the conventional parquet flooring are not mass-produced but handmade by a craftsman.Piece-by-piece. Blending temperate hardwood species – like Oak – with exotic species of different colors (from red to brown or black) manufactured exclusively to order** they complement the parquet (or hardwood floors) are installed in, aesthetically changing the face of the entire assembly. The homeowner – or the interior designer, the architect – can select from number of patterns and compose a flooring to match the interior (both in forms and colors). --- www.pavexparquet.com
*-job site finished (means the flooring is sanded and a lacquer applied at the place of installation);
**-some companies can offer different patterns directly from stock;

Welcome to Parquet Flooring Blog!

2007-01-31T06:15:00.000-08:00

The parquet flooring blog has opened today January 31st, 2007. Welcome!