Hardwood Floors with Inlays from 1800's in Washington D.C. - The Decatur House

A house built in the first quarter of the 1800s by Stephen Decatur and located near White House shows an interesting design of hardwood floors in strips framed by two rows of perimeter hardwood floor borders - and a hardwood floor medallion inlay. Article published by www.woodfloorbusiness.com about the restoration job performed by Universal Floors of Washington D.C. (www.universalfloors.com).
All waxed.

Source: https://www.woodfloorbusiness.com/sanding-finishing/a-historic-wood-floor-like-an-old-saddle.html

 

Hardwood Floor Borders - An Apartment Renovation

The following images show a few rooms from an apartment in the USA. In fact is near Columbia University. This apartment has been renovated the building has been completed in 1909 and the parquet flooring is original from that date. The rooms have installed a classical parquet flooring layout - made of a chess pattern in the middle, a hardwood border inlay as perimeter separation and the backfill strips to the wall.

Another Old Parquet Floor with Inlays - Chattanooga, Tennessee

This mansion is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The table at the entry says tit has been built ”circa 1889”. It is nowadays called Mayor’s Mansion Inn formerly called Adams Hilborne Mansion Inn. The image below shows a piece of a parquet flooring composed of parquet panels and a parquet border inlay. The article we took as source for this post is: http://ohtheplaceswesee.com/2012/08/12/even-better-than-i-remembered-chattanoogas-mayors-mansion-inn/

Hardwood Floor Borders - Around the Fireplace Installation.

 Hardwood Floor Borders - Around the Fireplace. Excellent Sample of Installation.

An excellent piece of work. An around the fireplace parquet floor border inlay. I won't forget to rate the photo: excellent. Source: http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/Estate.Flooring.847-498-6281/picture/view/2424285?start=7

A Hardwood Floor Border - old and restored.

Another example of a nailed fdown old parquet flooring with a hardwood border (a nail down installation means every piece of the flooring is kept down by a nail and not by adhesive like today). The hardwood border - a well know pattern - is installed near to the wall together with a geometric parquet flooring pattern. This is a restoration - left side the initial state, right hand the restored. Another 100 years of life ahead. All solid, no engineered.

Decorative Parquetry at the 19th Century Lyon, France.

Relative recently I’ve made an interesting discovery: a set of images with decorative parquet borders in the 19^th century France. Lyon residence. Why interesting? Because I haven’t seen this type of product in France. Not at that age. I was used to see different types of panels (panneaux in French) but no this design borders.

The owner of the images – Mr. Martin Loyer, le photographe – allowed me to publish them inside an article.

http://www.martinloyer.fr/visites-virtuelles/lyon-appartement-apparat/galerie-photos-appartement-apparat/

A few details on the building:

1.Dates from the end of the 18^th century beginning of the 19^th

2.Part of a large improvement project made by architect Soufflot

3.Initially there were Versailles panels but the owner changed it for a more modern parquet – at the beginning of the 19^th century

4.Parquetry is made of Oak (blackened), Walnut, Sycamore and Mahogany

5.It was installed on the old backing strips (called “lambourdes” in French)

6.It seems they kept the backing strips at the same distance and this was too big for the new parquetry causing damage with time.

The technical data was provided by Daniel Daminot, a cabinet maker in Lyon, France who worked for restoring it.

Interesting is Mr. Daminot said there are another 4 places in Lyon with the same parquetry.

I wait your comments. To the subject, please. Others will be promptly erased!

If you read this article and know a similar parquetry elsewhere in the world and are willing to share please contact us at pavex.parquet@gmail.com

Parquetry Borders and Panels in Lyon, France - Images:

A Typical Installation - Hardwood Floor Border with Herringbone Laid Parquet

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) parquet border pattern and the backfill strip (completes the installation to the wall).

The installation has been done by Naturally Wood Ltd., Loughton, Essex, U.K.


Classic rectangle shape of the border, classic installation.

The Greek Key Hardwood Border + Herringbone laid parquet flooring

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

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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 hardwood floor borders and inlays.

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

Parquet Flooring with Border - Patina Treated

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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