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Definition of Parqueterie
1. Noun. A patterned wood inlay used to cover a floor.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parqueterie
Literary usage of Parqueterie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Illustrated History of Furniture: From the Earliest to the Present Time by Frederick Litchfield (1899)
"In parqueterie, with massive mountings of Gilt Bronze, probably by Caffieri.
(Formerly in the Hamilton Palace Collection. ..."
2. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1903)
"Louis XVI. oblong parqueterie casket, ot satin and harewood, Louis XVI. inkstand of
wood, veneered parqueterie wise, chased 51 in. by 6^ in. 9 in. high. ..."
3. Handbook to the industrial department of the International exhibition, 1862 by Robert Hunt (1862)
"Usually, parqueterie, or parquetry, consists of thin pieces of differently-coloured
woods, veneered upon some less expensive material. ..."
4. Potter's American Monthly (1881)
"Plain oak or parqueterie is charming for a hall, presenting, as it does, ...
All floors iu a house may be laid either with oak or parqueterie, ..."
5. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1872)
"The parqueterie is laid on ordinary rough boards on framework, and as a large
bearing surface is desirable with this kind of covering to prevent injury to ..."
6. Home Mechanic by John Wright (1905)
"... then nailed, glued, etc., his parqueterie as tightly and securely as he pleased
to the match boards, he might remove his match boards and parqueterie, ..."
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