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Artistic parquet

Рисунок художественного паркета

Artistic parquet is a unique flooring type with a complex composition made out of a variety of wooden details. It’s often called tessellated, mosaic, or palace parquet, since it could only be previously found in palaces and marvelous mansions.


Artistic parquet is considered to be an essential attribute of gorgeous ballrooms and the salon culture. It has always served as a symbol of substantiality, authentic quality, wealth, and exquisite taste. Nowadays artistic parquet is experiencing its renaissance by gaining popularity with art lovers all over the world.


This parquet type fills even the most ordinary and modest interior designs with the atmosphere of delicacy and luxury. Artistic parquet perfectly suits the Baroque chic, the Empire majesty, and the classical grace. It has also become a part of contemporary interior designs—it manages to ennoble the modern utility and create unique contrasts.


Production of artistic parquet

Artistic parquet production is a difficult and elaborate process. Craftsmen of the past had to calculate every centimeter of the pattern and carve every single detail manually. Only the best cabinetmakers could manage such work.

Under modern circumstances, the whole production process is computerized which allows for high-precision element cutting. The thickness of each element can be reduced to 5 mm. Our parquet workshops are equipped with the special software, laser technology, and modern machinery. Thus, installing our materials doesn’t cause any problems or difficulties.

At our production site, we pay special attention to the wood selection. Artistic parquet is manufactured only using fine wood species—all of which have their unique grains and color palette.


Types of artistic parquet Художественный паркет, изгогтовление

The company Art Parquet divides artistic parquet into 3 groups according to geometric form of the details and the way of their production:

  • Sawn (geometric) artistic parquet that consists of rectilinear details. Sawing machines are used to produce sawn pattern parquet and borders;

  • Milling artistic parquet that consists of curvilinear details. Milling machines with Computer Numerical Control (CNC) are used to produce curvilinear details and highly complicated contours of minute details according to the set programme within the accuracy of 50 micron;

  • Mixed artistic parquet that consists of rectilinear and curvilinear details.

Production techniques

Different techniques are used to produce artistic parquet:

  • marquetry (all the details are laid manually to the whole depth of flooring):
  • intarsia (inserting of decorative elements to the partial depth of flooring).


Thanks to modern techniques and to simplification of installation works it has become possible to combine parquet flooring with marble and ceramic tiles. It has also become possible to insert different decorative materials (marble, mother-of-pearl, amber, ceramics, glass, metal).

Паркетный пол в технике графье
Техника графье в Эрмитаже

Main details of artistic parquet

  Main decorative elements of artistic parquet ready to be installed are::

  • medallions;
  • borders;
  • decorations;
  • artistic tiles.

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Medallions

Medallions are complete ornamental and subject compositions made of different wood species with a marked, as a rule, centre of symmetry.

Medallions influence the perception of flooring drawing attention to themselves. They help to create additional effects and contrasts in different premises or areas. Medallion placed in the centre of the premises play functional role of the main area. Medallion placed in any other part of the premises will correct complicated parts of the premises. Medallion connects flooring with interior design (mouldings, form of ceiling lamps, ornaments, furniture colour and texture.

Classical round medallion with diameter from 800 mm to 2500 mm combines in itself geometrical and floral designs. Medallion is an artistic element that can be the only decorative element of the flooring, it looks perfect with traditional block parquet.

Medallions produced by the company Art Parquet can be inserted in already existing parquet flooring, flooring made of massive board or engineered parquet board.

Художественный паркет, розетка
Розетка художественного пакрета

Borders

Borders are multifunctional linear, as a rule, elements with a recurrent design pattern. Borders perfectly fit any interior design, add completeness to parquet flooring, create harmonic perception of the premises, and join different parts of premises together. Borders allow combining parquet flooring with other finishing materials (ceramics, stone, ceramic granite).

Traditionally borders are placed along the perimeter of the premises or along the furniture. Border’s width depends on the dimensions of the premises, type of parquet flooring and interior design (from a few score of millimetres to half of metre).

Бордюр художественного паркета
Художественный паркет, бордюр

Decorations

Decoration elements are separate artistic elements of the parquet pattern. They are ones of the key features of the artistic parquet along with rosettes and decorative borders.

With the help of decoration elements, you can bring elegance and spontaneity, or classical restraint, symmetry, and orderliness into the atmosphere of your home or office. In any case, parquet decoration elements are always a wonderful choice both for classical and modern interior designs.


Parquet decoration elements peculiarities:
  • decorative elements make the parquet flooring appear intricate and complete;
  • they fill the empty floor space;
  • these elements may become a unique and exclusive part of the interior design;
  • and they adapt the parquet according to the reigning style of your rooms and halls.


Художественный паркет, декор
Декор роза, паркет художественный

Artistic tiles


Artistic tile consists of blocks of different geometric shapes placed in the form of design patterns. It is glued or nailed to the foundation and is connected with the help of tongues and grooves and inserted wooden keys.

Using of artistic tile helps to save time during parquet flooring installation providing high quality of works. Moreover, it creates harmonious interior design regardless placement of furniture and allows combining different parts of the premises. Artistic tile with elements of different colours and texture create certain artistic mood.

Decorative effect of pattern parquet made of one and the same wood specie is based on play of light in texture of details laid in different directions in relation to light sources.

Фото художественного модуля
Модульный паркет, массивный пол