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PARQUETRY (Fr. pargqueterie, from parquet, flooring, originally a small compartment)

PARQUETRY (Fr. pargqueterie, from parquet, flooring, originally a small compartment) , a See also:

TERM

term applied to a See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

mosaic of See also:

wood used for ornamental flooring. Materials contrasting in See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour and See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, such as See also:

OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak, See also:

WALNUT (Juglans)

walnut, See also:

CHERRY

cherry, See also:

lime, See also:

PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine, &c. are employed; and in the more expensive kinds the richly coloured tropical See also:

woods are also used. The patterns of parquet flooring are entirely geometrical and angular (squares, triangles, lozenges, &c.), curved and irregular forms being avoided on See also:

account of the expense and difficulty of fitting. There are two classes of parquetry in use—veneers and solid parquet. The veneers are usually about a See also:

QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of an See also:

INCH (O. Eng. ynce from Lat. uncia, a twelfthpart; cf. " ounce," and see As)

inch in thickness, and are laid over already existing floors. Solid parquet of an inch or more in thickness consists of single pieces of wood grooved and tongued together, having consequently the See also:

PATTERN

pattern alike on both sides.

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