Moscow Flooring
Nov 18, 2013 News
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Fashion on the parquet Russians borrowed from the French, as evidenced by the very origin of the word parquet. Artistic parquet floors began lined palaces of French elites in exactly the same time when luxury began to appear Persian rugs and woven silk tapestries. It was at this time artistic parquet, along with other items of interior decoration, became a symbol of wealth and sophistication. As time passed, the era gave way to one another, and with them changed, and parquet. In place of strict and symmetrical interior came a luxurious baroque, and flooring has become more uzoristym and ornate, multicolored, and acquiring a marvelous picture. The most frequently hardwood dice were made of oak, ash, maple, cherry, and in particular the same pattern elements used "overseas" rosewood and cypress.
Some of the works of art of the past years are still available in the old museum, Moscow and St. Petersburg palaces. And in Recently artistic parquet gets reborn again come into fashion – skillful designers of our time carefully reproduce the original pattern of the past. Choosing the material for artistic flooring should not be guided only by its color – even one breed of wood can vary greatly in color. For example, the most popular oak flooring has a wide range of colors and shades – from yellow-brown to gray. Ash may be either yellow or red-brown color, and is characterized by a smooth beech wood reddish. Maple occurs mainly in light color – the color and hue depends on the specific grade and location of growth of the tree.
