See also:

• 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, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

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
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

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, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

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
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the expense and difficulty of fitting . There are two classes of See also:

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

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 .