A few centuries ago, such a luxury as an artistic parquet could be found only in the interiors of palaces and rich places. This flooring was considered to be a real work of art, since each detail of such a decor was created manually. Fortunately, modern woodworking technologies have advanced far ahead, and the artistic parquet has become a more affordable thing.

Production of art parquet

This flooring is a combination of fragments from different wood breeds. Details of such a parquet are laid out in the form of mosaic or various ornaments, as a result of which different pieces of wood form are formed on the floor beautiful and unique pictures.

You can make such a coating from such plants as alder, birch, oak, maple, elm, cherry, apple tree, etc. In the old days, the parquet details were manually made by the best masters of this case. Modern science and computer technology helped to improve and simplify this process somewhat. Special programs allow you to design in advance the drawing of the future flooring, and the high-precision laser cutting makes it possible to create even the most complex details with ideal observance of all parameters.

Despite the industrial extent of production, the price of the art parquet remains high enough. Such a detail of the interior is still considered to be a work of art and testifies to the high social status of the owner of the house.

Properties of art parquet

Such a coating carries not only decorative function, it also has a number of other positive characteristics. Let's look at what advantages artistic parquet has:

1. It is durable, reliable has a rather long service life. In the manufacture of artistic parquet, only solid wood species are used, and the additional layer of polyurethane varnish makes such a floor with almost immune to various mechanical effects.
2. This coating consists of natural raw materials - it speaks of its environmental friendliness and harmlessness.
3. The absence of synthetic substances in such a parquet indicates its hypoallery.
4. Wood has excellent "breathable" properties.
5. Thanks to the heat and soundproofing qualities, parquet makes a dwelling and comfortable.
6. Another advantage of such an outdoor coating is caused by the simplicity of care.

Artistic parquet, as we noted earlier, is not a cheap pleasure. However, it should be noted that its acquisition can be considered a profitable investment. The fact is that such a floor is a finished and self-sufficient decorative detail of the interior. You do not need to hire a designer or show a special fantasy and drawing talents, just decorate the floor with an artistic parquet, which will be the highlight of your interior.

Pictures of art parquet

Ways to create images

This paper design can be represented in various styles. For example, such a stylistic orientation as classicism involves the use of straight lines in drawings, strict geometric shapes and proportions. Modern coating is most often represented by smooth lines, incorrect outlines, curved contours. The charm of the art parquet is that you can come up with an original, original and unique picture, which is not anyone. There are several ways to create drawings:

1. Intaria. This method of creating an image is performed as follows: Fragments of wood, components of the pattern, tightly adjust to each other and cut into a common surface to a predetermined depth. Then the facial part of the pattern is thoroughly aligned and polished, creating a perfectly smooth surface.
2. Marquetry is a kind of mosaic, which consists of thin plates of wood of different colors and textures. Such fragments are laid on the basis, resulting in a certain pattern. In addition to the plates of wood, Marquetry involves the use of parts from pearl, ivory, metal.
3. The countie is a fairly old way to apply a drawing onto parquet. It was carried out by creating subtle grooves, which were subsequently filled with black resin. This method is not used in our time, as a rule.
4. Inlay metes the decoration of a parquet board with various stones or metal parts embedded in the wood surface.

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Main types of drawings

In the design of the artistic parquet, as a rule, several main elements are distinguished. Let's dwell on them.

1. Bordeurists are parts of the figure that are designed to perform certain functions, for example, to divide the room on the functional zones. This elements can be beautiful and elegantly emphasized the boundaries of various images or make an outline of the room. Often, an ornamental pattern is used as a curb, while the elements of the ornament can be both strict geometric forms and a variety of floral motifs or images of animals. The border looks great as an independent decoration of the floor, and in combination with a socket, it creates an unsurpassed completed composition.
   
2. The sockets are elements of the artistic parquet, which, as a rule, decorate the central part of the room. Outlets have a round or oval shape and act as the main image. The drawing in this case can be performed as a symmetric pattern or represent an artistic picture. As for the magnitude of the outlet, it can be completely any, it all depends on your taste and size of the room.
   
3. Modules are an element of an artistic parquet, which is a geometric pattern, repeated several times within the framework of the overall composition. Modules are performed from small fragments of wood connected to each other in the form of squares. Very often, the modular pattern is drawn up with a contour from borders.
   

If you want your interior to look luxuriously and elegant, causing delight and admiration for all your guests, buy an artistic parquet. With proper care, such an outdoor coating is capable of listening to many decades, without losing the beauty of the appearance.

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