parquet

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Built in 2008, it features parquet de Versailles flooring, 18th-century French Louis XV–carved stone fireplaces, and hand-carved marble bathtubs.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 5, 2026

For those who come in through the women’s side, you’ll be greeted with a leather goods salon that’s designed in shades of creamy white with gold accents and traditional Versailles parquet flooring.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

Whatever the reasons, the local chapter of the Danish Brotherhood constructed a big, sturdy, multiuse building with handsome parapets outside and handsomer parquet flooring inside.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

When it was suggested he might become defence secretary in a previous reshuffle, he said that if removed, "you will see nail marks on the parquet floor in my office".

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

I run my finger along the patterns in the parquet floor pattern, but I don’t look at Zoey, because I can’t look at Zoey.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner