18TH OR 19TH CENTURY

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A QUANTITY OF 'VERSAILLES' OAK PARQUET FLOORING
18TH OR 19TH CENTURY
Comprising circa one hundred panels
Each panel 100 cm. x 100 cm. (71)

Provenance

With Axel Vervoordt, 1996.

Special notice

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Sale room notice

PLEASE NOTE THE CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION SHOULD READ:
A QUANTITY OF'VERSAILLES' OAK PARQUET FLOORING
18TH OR 19TH CENTURY
Comprising thirty-nine complete panels (circa 96 cm. x 96 cm. per panel) and thirty-two incomplete panels
Please note the estimate should read 10.000-15.000 EURO

Lot Essay

The large diagonal squares known as parquet de Versailles were introduced there in 1684, as parquet de menuiserie ('woodwork parquet'), to replace the marble flooring that required constant washing, which tended to rot the joists beneath the floors. Such parquets en lozenge were noted by the Swedish architect Daniel Cronström at Versailles and at the Grand Trianon in 1693.

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