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.

Parquet Flooring Panels

Parquet flooring panels. One of my favorites. Excellent work and finesse.

Parquet Flooring with Hardwood Border Inlay

Another sample of nail down parquet flooring with a Basket Weave arrangement. The area in the middle is surrounded by a hardwood border inlay (a typical border design for that age).

Parquet Flooring - Herringbone with Intricate Border Inlay

A picture of a parquet flooring, a herringbone layout surrounded by an intricate border inlay. Can't say for sure (image resolution and clarity aren't the best) but I suppose is an old and refinished parquetry work.

Old Parquet Floor with Border Inlays - Savannah, GA

Magnolia Hall (House) - Guest House of Savannah College of Art and Design. Designed in 1878 by New York architect Abraham J. Snedeker built for cotton magnate Jacob Guerard Heyward. Second Empire design style.

Sample of parquet flooring with hardwood floor borders. In image can be seen that each flooring element is nailed down.

Chevrons - Point d' Hongrie - with Parquet Border Inlay

A sample of the Chevrons layout (in France it is called ”Point d' Hongrie” ) installed with a parquet border. The installation work is still underway. Location & time: London, U.K., May 2013.

http://www.pavexparquet.com/en/gallery/no115-carnevale-parquet-border-inlay-chevrons-united-kingdom-2013-photo2.htm

Parquet Border Inlays, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Another sample of the old parquet flooring with border inlays. Old job, nail pinned on every piece. Two parquet border patterns (hardwood floor borders) visible. Location: Brooklyn, N.Y. Age? Probably close to 100 years.

Custom Made Parquet Flooring Design

Here's a piece of custom-made design parquet flooring made of walnut and maple planks with a border. The flooring has been treated to look old (antiqued). It is inspired after a flooring from an Italian villa.

Source: http://www.houzz.com/photos/1186499/Private-Residences-mediterranean-wood-flooring-chicago

Parquetry Works - Germany (Prussia) - This Article: Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin

Kaizer's Place. Another place to consider is actual Germany and the former Prussia. This post focuses on Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin. Some palaces have beautiful parquetry works even if here we cannot find the intricacy of the Russian palaces.

St. Petersburg Russian Palaces - The Place of Exquisite Parquetry Works

If somebody wants to see a collection of fine parquet works one place to go (or view) is St. Petersburg and its palaces. The small to large compositions (the most expensive parquetry option) are available for visitors. Fortunately some of them do appreciate the floor beneath their feet and take pictures we all can share.

Late 1800's parquet border inlay installed with strip hardwood flooring

A parquet border inlay installed with strip (apparently Oak hardwood flooring) in a late 1800's house. The beauty of the patina visible. Back in the age when the parquet flooring was in fashion, when the good craftsmanship and taste in wood flooring was, probably, more constant than today. A source of inspiration.