Yesterday I posted a cropped and otherwise processed version of the photo below. It shows some of the flooring in the Château de Carrouges in Normandy. I've seen and walked on such floors in Paris and in other parts of France for decades, without ever thinking or knowing much about them.
It turns out that this style of hardwood flooring is called parquet Chantilly (a château north of Paris). The slats and squares of wood run perpendicular to the frame that they are held in.
Above is another photo of a section of hardwood flooring at Carrouges that I think I took in the same room. That was confusing, but I learned that this style is called parquet Versailles, in which the slats and squares of wood are laid diagonally in the frame.
Here's another photo I took, I believe, the same room at Carrouges. You can see how the Chantilly and Versailles
dalles (panels) are laid side by side in a checkerboard fashion.
Then I noticed this photo, taken in the same room, where you can see the two styles. One web page I found calls it
le mariage heureux du Versailles et du Chantilly.
It turns out that this style of hardwood flooring is called parquet Chantilly (a château north of Paris). The slats and squares of wood run perpendicular to the frame that they are held in.
Above is another photo of a section of hardwood flooring at Carrouges that I think I took in the same room. That was confusing, but I learned that this style is called parquet Versailles, in which the slats and squares of wood are laid diagonally in the frame.
Here's another photo I took, I believe, the same room at Carrouges. You can see how the Chantilly and Versailles dalles (panels) are laid side by side in a checkerboard fashion.
Then I noticed this photo, taken in the same room, where you can see the two styles. One web page I found calls it le mariage heureux du Versailles et du Chantilly.
These parquets are beautiful and, in their way, they match the tile floors.
ReplyDeleteThere are also several other styles of parquet floors, notably the so-called point de Hongrie or chevron parquet which is the one I got in my apartment in Paris.
The commode Régence is beautiful.
There seem to be dozens and dozens of parquet styles. We had very nice hardwood floors in our house in San Francisco.
DeleteAs if it weren't enough work just laying regular style hardwood floors... I can't imagine doing these! LOL
ReplyDeleteThanks for the additional wood floor pictures. When it comes to houses, even chateaux, I tend to notice everything. Guess I’m a house nerd.
ReplyDeleteI like the Versailles pattern. That's a nice commode bombe in the fourth photo!
ReplyDeleteHi D. I think the commode is Régence, but it could be Louis XV.
DeleteMy last apartment in New York, in a prewar building, had a parquet floor, and I think in the Versailles pattern. Beautiful wood, even after decades of only casual maintenance.
ReplyDeleteMy guess on the commode is Louis XV, partly because Google shows one almost like it thus identified. Bombé is more voluptuous, and Régence not quite so. Whatever, it's gorgeous workmanship.
nice
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