The first original parquet floors can be traced back to the 16th century when wealthy nobles began laying them on marble floors by artisans who created this effect by carefully arranging small pieces of wood in geometric patterns. They have been a staple food for centuries but began to cover them in the postwar period when carpets ruled American households.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the production of thin parquet tiles began in bulk by flooring producers. The makers regenerated the appearance of pricey parquet flowers at a reasonable cost by manufacturing engineered wooden tiles with hardwood veneer in geometric patterns. Householders started to remove the tapestry for parquet floor installations. But soon afterward, the favored flooring materials grew to be laminates, vinyl planks, and porcelain tiles.
Most popular flooring patterns for parquet?
It is difficult to limit the unending array of parquet floor patterns to something compact. This article has a more extensive list of wood flooring designs, but here are some of the most popular options:
Herringbone Parquet
The herringbone planks are in this model in a W-like 90° arrangement, perpendicular to each other. As we noted, the style dates back to the Roman period in which it was utilized in maceration and named opus spicatum.
Chevron Parquet
The Chevron floor is similar to the herringbone floor, but the end of each board is cut at a 45° angle to make the diagonal effect more pronounced.
Basketweave Parquet
Basketweave floors show the illusion of (you guessed!) a rattan basket’s woven fibers. The square planks are offset with the rectangular planks to create an interior plank effect that runs through the room length.
Brick Parquet
Put wooden planks up Brick pattern floors in square lines (typically in two or more groups). The boards are perpendicular to the boards of succeeding “bricks” of each “brick.” You undoubtedly saw a brick parquet if you have ever seen an interior of an apartment in New York City around the middle of the century.
