parquet
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Sir Joseph has, with characteristically sensational effulgence, bedizened the new galleries in green marble doorways, marble parquets, gilt ceilings, much after the fashion of his celebrated "torture rooms" deep within his fancy Fifth Avenue establishment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jane had been dancing away her evenings on the parquets of Paris; and dividing her mornings between walks to the Tuileries, drives to the Bois de Boulogne, and visits to the shops.
From Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1 by Cooper, Susan Fenimore
His picture Les raboteurs de parquets made him formerly the butt of derision.
From The French Impressionists (1860-1900) by Mauclair, Camille
Lois and George walked cautiously across the dusty, dulled parquets into the vast drawing-room.
From The Roll-Call by Bennett, Arnold
As I ran, I shuddered to think how defenceless all lay; and how quickly the wretches, bursting in the doors, would overrun the shining parquets, and sweep up the spacious staircase.
From The Red Cockade by Weyman, Stanley John
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Girl in the Blue Coat
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