| 单词 | parquet |
| 例句 | While we were waiting I saw a cockroach on the parquet floor that must have been at least three inches long. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z She screamed at him without fear of waking Nikki as he dragged her across the parquet floor. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He began pacing and then realized that one of the parquet panels on the floor creaked. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z It had shiny oak parquet floors, a foyer with two steps leading down into the living room—where I slept—and, off to the side, a bedroom that became Lori’s. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I run my fingertip along the parquet wood floor. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The day before he had to tell her that if she dragged her end of the bureau instead of lifting it, the parquet floor would scratch. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I called him so many times that I finally saw him, but when he came he was covered with dried blood and rags, dragging streamers of barbed wire across the waxed parquet floors. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She hands me a few bills, and I don't even bother to count out her payment before putting it in my pocket and leaving, traipsing wet footprints over her parquet floors. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The dancing took place on the center tennis court, which had been covered with a portable parquet floor. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Chimes rang* and then I heard faint and irregular footsteps tapping on a parquet floor, coming toward the door. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z He stepped over the threshold, his soft slipper-like shoes making no sound on the parquet floor. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Its spasms sent her spinning across the parquet floor, leg jittering along behind her. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Off-white rugs on the gleaming parquet floor—faintly tinted walls—a long mirror surrounded by lights. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Still, they would be impressed, he hoped, by the lovely bay windows, the shining parquet floors, the impressive winding staircase, the wooden wainscoting, as they sipped champagne and dipped samosas in chutney. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z As Anh had nervously inspected the windows to establish the best source of light, he’d mounted her expensive, brand-new Nikon to the tripod and positioned it on the edge of the parquet floor. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Whatever the reason, she now walks briskly out of the room, heels clacking on parquet floors, and by the time I catch up to her, she's already pinning on a navy hat. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She reached for her bathrobe, tied it tightly about her waist, and padded down the winding staircase, leaving sloppy wet footprints along the parquet floor. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z There are two spacious rooms, flaking plaster walls, scuffed parquet floors, towering stacks of boxes he has not yet bothered to unpack. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z At Wistariahurst — a historic house museum here — a small playing area and slippery parquet floors made even a blunted weapon a menace. 3 Days in a Van With a Shakespeare Troupe: Daggers and Dunkin’ Donuts 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z The new look features parquet wooden floors and terra cotta walls that were chosen to resemble the Second Empire style of Napoleon III, who created the gallery to display Etruscan antiquities in the mid-19th century. Palace Intrigue at the Louvre, as a Paint Job Leads to a Lawsuit 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z We were in this brand new room with parquet flooring, and this fight broke out. The worst gig we ever played: musicians on their on-stage lows 2011-08-04T22:00:01Z The house featured marble, parquet floors, Palladian windows and hand-painted wallpaper. NY mansion linked to 'Great Gatsby' being razed 2011-04-18T10:42:08Z The cluster of chandeliers over a parquet floor with a flickering fire in a white mantlepiece set the mood of classic elegance at Dior Homme . Special Report: Fashion: Hats Off to Easy Elegance 2011-01-24T18:21:28Z Vinyl crawls up the walls and fills blocky bins that rest on a black-and-white parquet floor. Zappos’s CEO is helping revitalize downtown Las Vegas. He took me on a whirlwind tour. 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z The parquet floors in the main room were removed, and there was cement underneath as part of the radiant floors. How this architect updated a ‘mid-century jewel’ while upholding its history 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z It’s a synthesis of my mind, to mix Italian design from the ’50s with parquet Versailles and contemporary mirrored furniture. Giambattista Valli: The Birth of Ideas, and Happy Moments 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Amissville, Va. — The pink stucco house was a time capsule from the 1950s, with its original metal kitchen cabinets, aluminum bathroom tiles, wood paneling and parquet floors. A quirky custom home goes from ’50s time capsule to modern family getaway 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z “Welcome to Salon K,” she said as she led him into a large room with wood parquet floors and impossibly high ceilings. In Transit: A 'Secret' Berlin Cabaret for the 21st Century 2011-02-23T11:00:11Z One group describes a parquet floor, with a herringbone pattern. Rachel Whiteread: Through the eyes of a child 2010-09-06T20:31:00Z The parquet de Versailles, the elaborate moldings, the bronze doorknobs are all, as the French would say, “corrects”; but they are not old. T Magazine: The Reinvention of Minimalism 2014-04-10T14:23:11Z But the real surprise was how weightless the opening jackets were, despite the beefy shoulders and gridlike patterns that mirrored the parquet floor laid for show. Fashion Review: Balenciaga, Balmain, Rick Owens, Mugler, Rochas, Van Noten: Paris Fashion Review 2011-09-29T23:21:01Z Jackboots threatened the parquet de Versailles, but the party wasn’t over. The Fabulous Parties of Elsie de Wolfe 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z When they descended into a slower number, she successfully conscripted him onto the parquet. Jane Birkin is back with a new album, but her presence is everlasting 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z In his hands, minimalism becomes the canvas for a portrait of a few classical elements, such as a parquet floor or a gilded bronze doorknob. T Magazine: The Reinvention of Minimalism 2014-04-10T14:23:11Z Decked with 800 pounds of portable parquet flooring, it’s perfect for Argentine tango. On paying for it: Ten cents a dance (adjusted for inflation) 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Inside, it’s grand, with parquet floors, marble columns, painted frescoes in the piano room, a butler’s pantry and a library with a mezzanine where Mr. Rostand and his bohemian friends would stage plays. The French Side of Basque Country 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Pale, wide-plank parquet floors and muted, lush linens and natural fabrics are features of each room. In Provence, a Former Palace Exudes Luxury and Privilege 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The designer Jacques Garcia oversaw the renovation, which features silk on the walls, velvet drapes and parquet floors in its 40 rooms, partly furnished in antiques. 10 Hotels in Europe That Make You Feel at Home 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Many of the theatre's long-serving staff say they are nostalgic for the creaking parquet floors and squeaky wooden doors, now replaced with bland beige tiles and plastic. Russia's shiny new Bolshoi grappling with gripes 2012-02-01T15:46:09Z The action takes place not just up there but also on a parquet runway that snakes through the orchestra seating, and even in the mezzanine. Review: ‘Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,’ on the Heels of ‘Hamilton’ 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Q: A metal picture frame sitting on a bookcase fell about three feet and caused a small puncture wound in my parquet floor. How to repair a gouged wood floor 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z It is surprisingly elegant, with white tablecloths, silver candlesticks and parquet floors. Personal Journeys: Finding Gems on the Tuscan Coast 2013-06-18T20:24:34Z The design team constructed the bandstand seen here and put in the parquet floors. How ‘Babylon’ Roars Through the 1920s 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z The 78 rooms are quietly elegant, with organic bedding, walls of rough timber and textured plasterwork, oak parquet floors and leather furniture designed by Reda Amalou. 8 New Hotels for Winter Enthusiasts in the U.S. and Europe 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z The parquet floor from The Big Lebowski is pretty famous, for sure, but who knew it turned up in The Muppets, and not least in the I Want Love video? Location, location, location: share your pictures of familiar film backdrops 2013-04-18T15:48:59Z There are herringbone parquet floors, cream-colored, cast-plaster walls that mimic the buildings’ Portland stone facade and rather amazing baths whose tubs and sink counters are each carved from single, great slabs of Carrera marble. 'Wilde' Times At The Café Royal In London 2013-06-04T14:23:24Z As the concert closed with the full-company finale, a man sitting in the center section of the parquet could barely contain his enthusiasm and warm feelings. Carnegie Hall Musters Stars for a Benefit Concert for Ukraine 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z They took the famous Versailles parquet floor pattern, a basket weave inset within a larger diagonal grid, and reinterpreted wood in bronze. How Do You Add to Versailles? Bravely 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z To recreate the czar’s private rooms, Ms. Ryadova’s team had to remake almost everything: pickled oak parquet floors, wool rugs and silk draperies, and even spittoons that were used by the imperial family and courtiers. Russia Reopens the Last Czar’s Palace, a Century After His Execution 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z This independent boutique hotel, opened last April, successfully does both, honoring its past by preserving original design features like parquet flooring, chimneys and period mirrors, and lending contemporary touches through wall murals and furnishings. At Lille Hotel, Meeting the Countess’s Standards 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Swinging with a little too much vigour, Robin misses a table leg and his axe bites hungrily into the parquet floor. 'Jesus, Ralph, you're dangerous' | Rupert Thomson 2010-03-27T00:36:00Z On a fall afternoon, as sunlight filtered onto the herringbone parquet floor, I milled about the “Detox Corner” — the boutique — marveling at the bespoke all-natural products on sale. Going Underground in a Private Paris 2010-03-26T21:23:00Z French palaces and gardens inspired the use of the more traditional elements, such as parquet flooring and trellises. Missoni opens a flagship on Paris’s rue Saint-Honoré 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z This central area leads to a near-three-story great room with a beamed cathedral ceiling, fireplaces at each end, a minstrel gallery, quarter-sawn oak parquet floors, and French doors that open onto the spacious terrace. Tour a Luxe Estate in Greenwich, Connecticut 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z When we first moved in, I liked the way our formal parquet floors looked, and the thought of red-wine spills on a rug was enough to dissuade me from covering them. A style expert’s recipe for an appetizing dining room 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z I paid a visit to a spacious model suite, whose high ceilings, parquet floors and curvaceous niches preserve the elegant simplicity of Jazz Age metropolitan style. The Man Who Changed the Face of Shanghai 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z The first sweet surprise was on the Valentino runway Wednesday, as the models with tiny tiaras glinting in their hair walked a parquet floor patterned with flowers. Special Report: Fashion: Plumes of Glorious Restraint 2011-07-06T17:21:47Z So might India Hicks, wafting in from Harbour Island to pad barefoot, as is her habit, across the expanse of rough-hewn herringbone parquet. | ABC Carpet & Home: ABC Carpet & Home: the Name Belies the Exoticism 2010-05-04T23:40:00Z During the intermission, we walked across the parquet floor of a high-ceilinged reception hall, stopping to admire busts of Chopin and Ignacy Jan Paderewski, a prominent composer and politician. In Warsaw, With Chopin as Muse 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z The Danieli’s sloping parquet floor, its high ceilings, marble pillars, noble proportions and beveled glass reminded me of some of the better places I had spent my childhood, but the luxury was weirdly galling. T Magazine: Vexed in Venice 2011-12-01T00:10:20Z The two of them build a grander, Hollywood Regency-style showplace in Laurel Canyon with parquet floors and 14-foot ceilings, stuffed with mementos from movie sets and the antiques Hankie hoards. Move Over, Royal Tenenbaums: Meet the Mighty Franks 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The galleries look much the same, with parquet floors on the second level and bluestone pavers from the lobby reappearing on three, four and five. The restored Met Breuer (formerly the Whitney) has a new energy as well as a lived-in look 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z We stayed in a Big Room, which was just that, at about 600 square feet, with parquet floors and Art Deco furnishings. Check In, Check Out : Hotel Review: Soho House, in Berlin 2011-08-26T19:00:00Z Other Victorian additions to the home include stained glass, mantle pieces, coffered and tin ceilings, walnut wainscoting and inlaid parquet floors. Massachusetts home where Lizzie Borden lived is selling for $890G 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z In sports, “parquet courts” are synonymous with the old Boston Garden’s checkered hardwood, where coach Red Auerbach’s Celtics dominated the NBA for decades. Buzzed-about Parquet Courts to play Neumos 2013-06-06T20:24:31Z I always got room 422, one of the old rooms, still with parquet and art nouveau furniture, with a little terrace overlooking the sea. Dearth in Venice as developer pulls plug on Grand H?tel des Bains 2010-07-22T21:54:00Z We came back in the morning and these 20 old washer-women were there in a line, on their knees, scrubbing the blood out of this lovely new parquet floor. The worst gig we ever played: musicians on their on-stage lows 2011-08-04T22:00:01Z If the players are looking for a crash course in fashion, Mr. Hilfiger’s parquet runway was a good place to start. On the Runway Blog: Basketball Players Take Front Row Seats at Fashion Week 2011-09-12T03:52:46Z Mr. Tisci’s collection consisted of 10 outfits, most of which were displayed on suspended dress forms in three rooms, with gilt trim and creaky parquet. On the Runway Blog: Givenchy's Deco Punk 2012-01-24T21:45:26Z Another revamped 19th-century villa, Hotel Villa Flori, offers spacious rooms with sweeping lake vistas, with breakfast included and impressive Old World details such as preserved stucco work, frescoes and parquet floors. Finding European hotel rooms for families can be tough. Here are suggestions in eight cities. 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Among the interior’s exquisite details are boiserie-lined walls and parquet de Versailles floors. Extraordinary Homes for Sale Around the World 2014-01-17T05:00:00Z There's something new on every floor of the Henry Art Gallery this fall — and that includes some video you can actually walk on as it's projected on the parquet beneath you. New at the Henry Art Gallery: Jeffry Mitchell, Laurie Anderson and more 2012-11-20T21:29:03Z Each room is beautifully fitted, with parquet flooring, big windows and lofty ceilings and – perhaps best of all – the mini-bar is free. Budapest city guide: what to do, plus the best bars, restaurants and hotels 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Pediments, paneling, and parquet—whether period authentic or a later pastiche—suggest to many people that the furnishings should follow classical suit. Bruce Budd Redecorates Houston Mansion 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z “I used those micro pallets for a chunky parquet floor in the new showroom, but they also inspired me to think up modular designs for kitchen cabinets and dressers,” Ms. Algranti said. Review: Transforming Trash Into Treasure 2010-07-26T11:30:00Z Workmen disassembled the creaky oak parquet floors on two levels, which were braced and put back together again with original parts and wooden nails. Recasting Rodin’s Life and Work 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z 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". James Cleverly: Protests and asylum fill Home Office in-tray 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z It will be especially different in Boston, where parquet will be temporarily put away. The NBA’s In-Season Tournament is finally set to begin, giving teams another trophy shot 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Within weeks, she landed a deal for a stately 18th-century apartment, with parquet floors and high ceilings in the prestigious center of Russia’s former imperial capital of St. Petersburg. A Spending Boom Fuels Russia’s Wartime Economy, Raising Bubble Fears 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z For example, parquet floors — in which wood slats are arranged in repeating, geometric patterns — were once all the rage in the 1960s and 1970s in New York. Behind the gray flooring trend 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The new one has served the Celtics just fine – they won an unprecedented 17th NBA title on their famous parquet floor in 2008 — but it doesn’t seem to inspire the same fear in opponents. Celtics can’t hold onto home-court edge on once-fearsome parquet floor 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Martin’s team installed a parquet floor, built a bandstand for live jazz accompaniment and transformed all the doorways to look like openings into the home. How 'Babylon's' production designer resurrects a Hollywood long gone 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Five bedrooms, three baths, original wood parquet flooring and regal architectural details, curving staircase leading to upper turret plus back staircase, striking stained glass; 3,494 square feet. New York Republicans plans bodacious party for weekend 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z True, one wall was mirrored, but it fooled no eyes, and the small dark stage and square of parquet dance floor made the space feel even pokier. Taking stock of the vanishing landscape of 'Russian Hollywood' 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z The music room to the left of the foyer has parquet flooring, leaded-glass windows and a floor-to-ceiling mirror surrounded with gilded bas-relief sculptures that are repeated in plaques above the indoor fishpond. 1912 Cleveland Park house lists for $2.6 million 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z “We’re doing a parquet floor, faux tin ceiling, wallpaper, a gallery of vintage flower paintings, a wide mix of patterns and colors and textures,” she says. Maximize your decor: 6 ways to design big without creating clutter | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z When he secured a defensive rebound, he often made a quick left-handed pass to his teammates streaking down the wooden parquet flooring at Boston Garden on a fast break. Bill Russell, basketball great who worked for civil rights, dies at 88 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Russell loved the team, his teammates, his coach and the championship banners that fluttered high above the parquet floor of Boston Garden. Bill Russell, professional basketball’s first African American superstar and a game-changing big man who reinvented the center position of the dynastic Celtics of the late 1950s and 60s, has died 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z The architect nonetheless managed to insert some beautiful details inside the Denver building, including end-grain parquet in the lobby and bright tiles in primary shades of red, yellow and white in the stairwells. Gio Ponti's only U.S. building is delightfully weird — and freshly revamped 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Bridget chose the navy and white parquet tile floor for this space and an inexpensive basket-weave light fixture. From ‘frat house’ to family home: A major remodel in Bethesda 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z As the final buzzer sounded, Celtics executive Mike Zarren walked off the parquet court with two fingers above his head, shouting to the relieved crowd: “Two more!” Poised Celtics start fast, hold off Warriors for 2-1 lead in NBA Finals 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Pearlman: ... there’s dead spots in the parquet floor that the Celtics knew but the visiting players didn’t know. Lakers vs. Celtics is bigger than basketball. The truth behind the NBA's top rivalry 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z The Celtics presented Garnett with a piece of the original parquet floor, a custom bottle of tequila, a portrait of him popping his Celtics jersey, and “an NFT gift basket.” Tears, swears as Celtics retire Kevin Garnett’s No. 5 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z The condo has been recently painted and has parquet wood flooring throughout. Two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo in Silver Spring, Md., lists for $239,900 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z “Why would you put parquet floors in a spec house anyway? . . . But this developer, who wasted money on stained-glass windows and chestnut columns, left the attic as unfinished space.” Sears kit house in Cleveland Park for sale for $1.5 million 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Like many homes owned by veteran Hollywood stars, it serves as a time capsule into a different design era with lattice windows, parquet floors and so much wood that some spaces feel like a cabin. Dom DeLuise’s Pacific Palisades ranch sells for $6.49 million 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The 1960s was the decade Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points, the Celtics-Lakers rivalry took flight and the NBA’s second dynasty reigned on the Boston Garden’s parquet court. NBA laid key foundation during 1960s amid off-court chaos 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z The images were arranged amid an installation that evoked late 1960s or early 1970s interiors — floral upholstered stools, parquet flooring, deep-pile rugs. Mickalene Thomas Is Reinventing Nudes 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z The lower level has parquet floors and a sliding-glass door that opens to a covered patio and swimming pool. Former home of Icelandic ambassador is on the market for $6 million 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The high-level of craftsmanship is evident in the interior as well — from the parquet flooring in the entrance hall to the curved stairs to the second floor. A Waddy Butler Wood house for sale in D.C.’s Adams Morgan 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Rap music thumped from the Bronze Room under Cy Twombly’s ceiling in the Sully Wing, near where workers were sawing parquet for a giant new floor. Mona Lisa is alone, but still smiling 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Her job was to clean the parquet floors in the home. Factbox: Extracts from report into Ireland's Church-run homes for unwed mothers 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Its interior features parquet floors, carved wood trim and a tile fireplace, and its exterior includes elaborate gargoyles and decorative arches. Ornate Indiana mansion to become venue for weddings, events 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z Beamed ceilings top parquet floors in the common spaces. Hot Property: Zac Efron eyes an exit in Los Feliz 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z Kyrie Irving circled the Boston Garden parquet floor performing an apparent spiritual ritual by waving a burning substance in his hands before tipoff, then proceeded to torch his former team. Irving leads rout of Celtics in return to Boston Garden 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Lumber offsets the whitewashed floor plan, as beamed ceilings top parquet wood floors in the common spaces. Hearst heiress pays $10.72 million for Malibu beach house 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z A Tudor through and through, the two-story floor plan features custom woodwork, leaded glass, parquet floors, ornate fireplaces and beamed ceilings across more than 15,000 square feet. Singer Michael Feinstein sheds historic Los Feliz home for $7.33 million 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z The original flooring in the living and dining rooms were quarter-sawn oak parquet. Indiana Landmarks helps preserve historic World’s Fair homes 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z One guesthouse features a split-level space with a living room and bedroom, and the other is anchored by a kitchen with parquet floors. ‘Big Bang’ star Kunal Nayyar sells Nichols Canyon compound for $3.895 million 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Think of a chip butty as expensive parquet flooring. How to eat: chip butties 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Inside, a great room conjures images of Old Hollywood with wood-paneled walls and parquet wood floors. Former Beverly Hills home of developer Paul Trousdale lists for $32 million 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z He amassed about 100,000 photos during that period, stashing many of the negatives under the parquet floorboards in his home in Harbin, the capital of China’s northernmost province, where they remained undeveloped for years. Li Zhensheng, Photographer of China’s Cultural Revolution, Dies at 79 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z But inside the communal apartments is a world of dank spaces with dangling wires, sepia-colored sinks, peeling wallpaper and strange smells, but sporting high ceilings and original 19th-century moldings, brass fixtures and parquet floors. Too Close for Comfort, and the Virus, in Russia’s Communal Apartments 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Of the 15 Celtics championship banners hanging from the rafters over the parquet floor at the Boston Garden, eight came from beating the Lakers in the championship series. This day in sports: Lakers finally beat Celtics in NBA Finals 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z A grand oval foyer — wrapped in wrought iron and lined with parquet floors — kicks off the interior. Ronald Reagan and Jayne Wyman’s former Westside estate sells for $6.7 million 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The old parquet flooring is gone, replaced by new wood that’s been seamlessly weaved into the original quarter-sawn oak flooring of the dining area. See what’s new (including the view!) in this elegant 1921 classic, part of this year’s Mount Baker Home Tour 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z This building was designed by Sydney Perks, in 1927, as a state-of-the-art auction room with a roof that simulated sunlight on cloudy days, parquet floors, careful detailing and significant craft elements throughout. The rise of 'facadism' in London 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Inside, parquet floors, crown molding and custom wall panels bring a sense of elegance to the 3,200-square-foot interior. 'A Star Is Born' producer Jon Peters looks to unload Westwood condo 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z The guesthouse tacks on parquet floors and a freestanding fireplace, as well as a covered patio. Jim Nabors’ 170-acre Hawaii retreat seeks $4.5 million 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z A few days after the March of Dignity, I visited Zelensky at the Presidential suite, which occupies the entire fourth floor of the administration building—a warren of corridors, gilded reception rooms, and parquet floors. How Trump’s Emissaries Put Pressure on Ukraine’s New President 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Inside, ceiling medallions, paneled walls and parquet and herringbone floors are among character details. Top sales: NBCUniversal exec Ron Meyer produces whale of a sale in August 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Close up, the architectural details are exquisitely rendered, from the handmade forged-iron hardware to the reclaimed parquet de Versailles floor. The 18th-Century Paris Apartment That Elegantly Blends Past and Future 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Ceiling medallions, columns, paneled walls, splashes of marble and parquet and herringbone floors are among details found throughout the four-story floor plan. ‘Avengers’ director Anthony Russo pays big for Pasadena’s famous ‘Dynasty’ mansion 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Gone are the parquet floors and stately wood panels, replaced by wide-plank hardwood and crisp white walls. Angels star Mike Trout snags Newport Beach mansion for $9.15 million 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z I have lived in a unit where an unqualified person replaced the parquet floors as a “gift.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: It’s not about optics — unless it’s photos of Trump 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z As a result, the viewer sees both the continuities and discontinuities between the spaces the two cameras captured, the parquet kinks and the wood panelling warps where the past and present meet. ‘A window to the past’: how old photos brought my parents' empty house back to life 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Original finishes remain, though — cut-crystal doorknobs, cast brass fireplaces, stained glass windows, bronze decorative medallions and, in ground-floor public spaces, carved leather ceilings and parquet floors. You’re going where? Cheyenne 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z It's even more of a squash than usual in the Bellfield Junior School hall this morning and small, scuffed knees knock against each other as the children sit cross-legged on the herringbone parquet floor. At a school near you? The four-and-a-half-day week 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Within more than 1,600 square feet of interior are mosaic parquet wood floors, formal living and dining rooms, a sun room and a den with a rock-wall fireplace. Tyra Banks lands her next home project in Pacific Palisades | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z For any prime minister, handling a president like Donald Trump is like trying to hold on to a Ming vase walking across a recently polished, slippery parquet floor. Trump to join Queen for D-Day anniversary 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The huge crowd gathered not just to see men in woolen shorts and beanies bike around the clock, for more than 1,700 miles, on a slick parquet oval built inside the Gilded Age arena. Review | Breaking cycling’s color barrier, and world records, in the early 20th century 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z The movie theater, lined with parquet floors, takes in leafy views through a picture window. After price drop, Dennis Quaid sells romantic Palisades retreat | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The two parquet courts were imported from the United States. NBA making a ‘long-term play’ in Africa 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z “Still has the parquet floors put down in the ’50s,” he said. The hills are steep, the prices not so much in Fairfax’s Rose Hill neighborhood 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The 1960s rosewood Z chairs, designed by Dane Kai Kristiansen, reflect the angled lines in the parquet floors, and the ikat upholstery, with its jagged pattern, keeps up the beat like an electrocardiogram. How to Hide A Kitchen 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Ireland and family pose against parquet floors and clipped hedges. Photographer Janna Ireland is ensuring that modernist architect Paul R. Williams isn't forgotten - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Neri apologized for the mayhem as she led me into the house, which had parquet floors and a marble staircase. Lessons from the Last Swiss Finishing School 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z They will pause on the parquet floor, with Wimbledon’s uniformed Service Stewards, drawn from different branches of the military and London Fire Brigade, standing at attention. At Wimbledon, lasting memories are made before the final match begins 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z They are laid in a pattern that resembles the parquet floors in Monticello’s parlor. Gheorghe Muresan put his Potomac house on the market for $2.1 million 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The parquet floors did not, however, inspire the play of angles. How to Hide A Kitchen 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z When the new owners of the chateau of Picomtal decided to renovate the parquet in some of their upstairs rooms, they made a remarkable discovery. The secrets of a diary written on floorboards 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Every item — brocade sofas, velvet upholstered chairs, metal hinges, parquet de Versailles floors — is period perfect; Smith will brook no interruption of his rococo illusion. In the Heart of Louisiana, One Man’s Impossibly Ornate Home 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Light laughter sang from his left, and he smiled; a dance started up and he listened to the music echoing off the walls and the squeak of new shoes on the parquet floor. A futurist imagines the Earth populated exclusively by the 1 percent 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z They needed a staggering effort just to remain on the TD Garden parquet floor against a Celtics team missing six key players. Bradley Beal, Wizards rally from 20-point deficit to beat Celtics in double OT 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z It consisted of an ordinary, rotary-style black telephone placed on the gallery’s parquet floor, as if it were a sculpture and the museum its pedestal. 'Harald Szeemann': A rare, fascinating exhibition about the curator, not the artist 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Artisans were brought in to custom-design the home’s parquet floors and iron staircase railings. House of the Year: A Windswept Ranch 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z For a bit of glamour, Wallenstein refinished the parquet floors and installed black slate tile in a herringbone pattern underneath the fireplace. A look inside a rustic midcentury A-frame, and its charming makeover 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Indeed, the only nod to Englishness are the floors — herringbone parquet. A London Penthouse, in Shades of Gray 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z When people walked across the parquet floor, it made a loud popping sound, reminiscent of their oak tree burning. ‘We’ve got to go!’ A California couple awoke to flames crackling. They couldn’t flee. So they jumped in their pool. 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z But in 2011, when the adjacent apartment became available, she bought it, renovated the kitchen and hired local craftsmen to restore the original parquet floors and carved wood spiral staircase. A Paris Boudoir Where Everything’s Meant to Be Touched 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Even the floor took on a certain charm — ooh, is that parquet? Review | There is just no excuse for this ugly, boring fashion 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z He now lives on the second-floor, in a studio apartment with high ceilings and two large wood-framed windows, an ornate fireplace mantel, parquet floors and a big wardrobe built into one of the walls. The Life of a Live-in Super in Bedford-Stuyvesant 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z The interiors were dark and gloomy, with black, irregular slate and parquet floors, gilt and floral wallpaper and wood paneling. Before & After: A modernist home goes from dark and dismal to filled with light 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z There was a sweeping marble staircase, a fine library, parquet flooring and a garden spread over three acres. ‘The wounds have never healed’: living through the terror of partition 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z The dance floor is parquet; most of the banquet-style chairs and tables sit on industrial carpet. The best true dive bars in the D.C. area 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z While most of the living space has parquet floors, the kitchen has floors of polished concrete that extend toward the terrace, defining the dining area. House Hunting in … Frankfurt, Germany 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z A gash marred the parquet angling across the restaurant floor, and a door in the men’s room fell well short of its jamb. Wilshire Grand: Embracing L.A. inside and out 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z The original flooring was a combination of irregular slate flooring, dark-wood parquet and carpeting. Before & After: A modernist home goes from dark and dismal to filled with light 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Players had to sell out their bodies to compete for rebounds and almost every trip to the rim ended with someone on the parquet floor. Bench gives Boston a boost, and Celtics end Wizards’ season in Game 7 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z All hope isn’t lost because they’ve yet to lose at Verizon Center and could get another crack on the Celtics’ parquet. Wizards must be able to bring home cooking on road to Boston 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Yes, the Wizards could lose Game 5 and then claim the final two games and celebrate on Boston’s new-school parquet floor. For the Wizards, Game 5 in Boston might as well be Game 7 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z “It’s still 94 by 50 feet,” Brooks said of Boston’s famed parquet. John Wall, Wizards know how important Game 5 is in a series 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z The boys walk through a simple white curtain, sneakers squeaking, down a long stretch of parquet wooden floor flanked by a row of faded mirrors. Back in the U.S.S.R.: Russia’s Fashion Resurgence 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z The fake flowers are sun-faded, the parquet is as worn as a roller rink. 102 villagers, 750 refugees, one grand experiment 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Inside are rich parquet wood floors, gracefully curving molding, mirrors built into the space above the marble mantelpieces and pictures seemingly painted directly onto the wall above the carved double doors between rooms. Stripped Village Homes Expose a Hollowing Out of France’s Heritage 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z According to the Butcher Block Co blog, the courts of all but one NBA team are composed of hard maple; the Boston Celtics, who play on a red-oak parquet floor, are the exceptions. Hard maple: why basketball's perfect surface has lasted more than a century 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z “Wish You Well” and “Goodnight Waltz” offer a chance for intimacy on the dance parquet and Malo really lets it rip on “I Will Be Yours,” a deeply romantic shuffle. Review: The Mavericks ‘ new CD is a spinning wheel of styles 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z We walk the curved staircase to the first floor, into a salon with three tall white-shuttered windows, where oval-backed Louis XVI chairs are grouped gracefully around a generous expanse of freshly beeswaxed parquet. Maria Grazia Chiuri on fashion, feminism and Dior: ‘You must fight for your ideas’ 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Quiet and dim, these coffee shops function for their visitors like satellite living rooms: vaulted ceilings, balding upholstery, parquet floors. Navigating Vienna’s Imperial Past — Through Pastries 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z White oak Madera floors replaced worn parquet flooring, appliances were upgraded, white Ikea cabinets were hung over a custom black stone counter that runs the length of the kitchen. One Kitchen Done Three Ways 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z She was fuming — her gold rings were dented from being banged on the parquet floor. The Lives They Lived 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z In a monologue stuck on an increasingly frenetic loop, she hawks glazed herringbone parquet floors and white Caesarstone countertops over and over again. Artists and Their Muse: Gentrification 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Wells was listening to mournful country-tinged indie music while a small dog clattered about on parquet flooring. Pete Wells Has His Knives Out 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z The subsequent series of photographs show the rapid spread of the soldier’s blood across the parquet floor as other GIs attended to him and his fellow gunner took over his post at the machine gun. Leipzig flat made famous in Capa war photo becomes poignant memorial 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The spacious rooms have teak parquet floors, beds with modern Kente cloth throws and wooden headboards lined with colorful Ghanaian fabrics. Africa’s Capital of Cool 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z The Edwardian hotel has been stripped and refitted with Italian marble, parquet floors, 315 chandeliers and gilt-edged furniture. Special Report: Is Donald trump struggling to find the green with his golf investments? 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z One of his main pastimes is coaching basketball at Greenbrier East High School; he gave $300,000 for a new parquet floor in the gym where he coached his daughter’s team. West Virginia governor hopeful has left a trail of unpaid fines and bills 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Lacob has fantasized about owning a team since he was 9, when he walked into a Boys Club in New Bedford, Mass., his hometown, and saw his first parquet basketball floor. What Happened When Venture Capitalists Took Over the Golden State Warriors 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z The houses, some with stained-glass detailing, parquet flooring, marble countertops and settees with throw pillows arranged just so, could seem too Pinterest-worthy for a visitor to resist taking a photograph, association members said. Wary of Prying Eyes Online, a Brooklyn Home Tour Calls It Quits 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Although modern amenities were added, period details such as the elaborate Beaux Arts plasterwork and the original quarter-sawn oak parquet floors were preserved. Opulent D.C. condominium caters to wealthy and well-known 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Apartments have parquet floors and crown molding, but kitchens and bathrooms need updating. College Towns Get New Housing, but It’s Decidedly Not Dorms 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Then he handed him a framed slab of the parquet floor. Lakers' Kobe Bryant relishes his last visit to Boston's green house and a date with the Celtics 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Prime properties include lakeside villas dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries, with outdoor pools, private piers, and original details such as parquet floors and frescoed ceilings. Lake Como Rises Again 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z We designed around 40 bespoke parquet floors for Stella McCartney’s stores worldwide. Q&As With Three London Designing Couples 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Just as striking is a parquet floor like the one inside Boston's TD Garden as well as framed Pierce jerseys from his time with the Celtics and Jayhawks. Clippers' Paul Pierce is back in Inglewood, but he never really left 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Hours later, police would storm the concert hall to find its parquet floors lined with bodies. Music Hushed at the Bataclan, a Legendary Paris Venue 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Danish modern tables and upholstered chairs are tossed together with plush sofas and woven area rugs placed over parquet floors, mixed in with a few antiques from the château. Inside a Chateau That Belongs to Chanel 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Increasingly, renovating Watergate homeowners are paying homage to that era through decor, while enlarging room layouts and upgrading original finishes, including parquet floors and metal kitchen cabinets. At 50, the iconic Watergate complex acquires some ‘Mad Men’ chic 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Subaran carried the kitchen’s natural look into the dining area by applying grainy parquet wood flooring to the wall above the built-in sideboard. The owners of a Maryland kitchen- renovation firm tackle their own 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Walls and parquet floors that evoked beer hops and wheat fields have been whitewashed, but the whiff of brewing yeast lingers, billowing from the neighboring brewery’s smoke stacks. Australia Looks to Health Care as Remedy for Resource-Slump Doldrums 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Using the Boston Celtics’ parquet floor as their muse, Zausner and other tournament organizers started playing with colors. U.S.T.A.’s Dabble in Blue Becomes a Tidal Wave 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z Then they added dimly lighted sconces, a woven Versailles-style parquet floor and gilded furniture for a sense of romance. In Luxury Homes, Foyers Get Functional—and Fabulous 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Inside were a spacious living room, a dining room with parquet flooring and a kitchen with a breakfast nook. Foundation of an Empire: Modest Queens Homes, Built by Donald Trump’s Father 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Though by no means the most interesting part of the building, the parquet floor in one of the rooms caught my eye. The World's Most Accurate Parquet Floor-Based Personality Test 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Given that fuss, it seems unkind to report that their new home is lovely: thousands of square feet of high-bourgeois modernism involving art, parquet flooring, and low, pale sofas. Greece’s Ex-Finance Minister Tells All 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z The result is a fully realized outdoor room with decorative furniture on a parquet or tapis pierre — stone carpet — of diagonally set Carderock bluestone. Professional artistry transforms homeowners’ drab outside spaces 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z This is the team, remember, that survived a contentious first-round series in which the Boston Celtics tried to remove one of Love’s shoulders right there on the parquet. A Team With More Twists, and Grit, Than the Cuyahoga 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z In the apartment blocks of Paris, amid the echoing floors and antique parquet, bitterness and hostility are thriving, writes Joanna Robertson. Drips, leaks and blocked drains in chic Paris - BBC News 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z We were ushered into the sitting room, lined with wood panels and parquet floors. Does Seychelles live up to its idyllic image? - BBC News 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Back in the day, the old Boston Garden, the parquet was famous for Larry Bird knowing every dead spot. The Conversation: Adam Sinclair, Dave Touhey on flipping Verizon Center 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z The mansion features walnut parquet floors, white marble, and coffered ceilings. Singleton Estate In Holmby Hills Sells For About $60 Million 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z A banner proclaims it "the largest and finest high school fieldhouse in the world," and that would be hard to argue, with its parquet flooring and large banners promoting individual players. UCLA Coach Steve Alford has roots, and rooms, back home in Indiana 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z The parquet floor comes from a historic building in Ljubljana, the capital, Ms. Jakopin said. Real Estate in Slovenia 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z The city also has a vibrant sports tradition that includes Fenway Park’s “Green Monster” and the Boston Celtics’ parquet floor. Boston beats out L.A. to be sole U.S. bidder for 2024 Olympics 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z For 15 years Pierce made crucial shots for their team, the Boston Celtics, on the parquet floor. Wizards fall to Celtics in Paul Pierce’s latest visit to Boston, 101-93 The parquet floors creak, just as they did under his parents’ feet. After 37-Year Career, a Fire Chief Says Goodbye to the Job, but Not to the Past 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The gorgeous manse is bursting with character and detail, with beamed ceilings, leaded windows and black walnut parquet flooring. Stars On The Move: Jay Z and Beyonce, Diddy, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The floors are echoing, antique parquet and there is absolutely no sound insulation. Neighbours from hell - with style 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z The landings are completed in an intricate parquet design, the work of a joiner brought over to the New World from England. Historic Va. plantation heading to auction 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Their first show relied on the kindness of friends, whose donations included a parquet dance floor, lights and a sound system. Side Street: In New Home, Bronx Dance Academy Seeks to Step Up Its Presence 2014-04-27T18:51:52Z The fake prince offered the workman a million-euro contract to renovate the parquet floors at Buckingham Palace. Austrian conned by fake Prince Harry 2014-03-16T17:04:37Z “When you have a house to restore, do you first build a parquet floor?” he asked. A Forensic Approach to a Sidewalk Nuisance 2014-02-23T04:41:43Z The door to the barber shop is propped open during the day, welcoming customers into a sunny room with lime-green walls and black-and-white parquet floors. Decision Time: In Wakefield, Struggling and Worried About Being Forgotten 2013-09-07T02:09:09Z It is paved with a dozen or more walking surfaces, each about four feet square, which allowed Foley artists to record footfalls on gravel, marble, autumn leaves, parquet, planking, carpeting or a steel grate. Building Blocks: Half Empty but Full of History, Brill Building Seeks Tenants 2013-07-24T19:30:03Z Part of that was in not wanting their season to end at home, with the rival Knicks celebrating on their parquet floor. Celtics Defiant in Avoiding Sweep by Knicks 2013-04-29T02:01:06Z Former Celtics great Kevin McHale, whose No. 32 is retired and hangs above the parquet floor, was making his first appearance back in Boston as the Rockets' coach. Pierce scores 23 as Celtics beat Rockets 103-91 2013-01-12T03:31:11Z On one evening Wiesner spilled red wine on the parquet floor of his employer's property. Brit who is butler to super-rich 2012-12-24T01:12:48Z She drove to a city recreation center, where voting booths were lined up along a basketball court’s glassy parquet floor. This Land: In Elyria, Ohio, an Almost Sacred Day of Civic Purpose 2012-11-07T02:29:57Z He snipped those frames off his film and hid them under the parquet floorboards of his house until the revolution ended. Lens Blog: Through a Thwarted Cinematographer's Eye, China's Cultural Revolution 2012-09-10T11:57:02Z The dream would not end again on the TD Garden’s parquet, not this spring, not without James authoring one of the most brilliant performances in his brilliant career. Eastern Conference Finals Game 6: Heat 98, Celtics 79: James Leads Heat to Game 7 Against Celtics 2012-06-08T03:42:09Z I followed him with a burning face, down the narrow lane of shining parquet, under the chandelier, between the lines of mocking eyes; and not a man interposed. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z The floor was of parquet, the walls were panelled in chestnut wood. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z They occupied a seat well down in the parquet. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z I sawed a hole in the parquet floor at home under desk and hid them there. Lens Blog: Through a Thwarted Cinematographer's Eye, China's Cultural Revolution 2012-09-10T11:57:02Z The most popular theatre in America, according to the advertisements, where nothing was played but the "continuous," was packed from parquet to top gallery with a perspiring crowd of pleasure-seekers one hot August night. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z 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. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z On the green parquet floor of Canada's Parliament in Ottawa, members of different political parties read tributes. Gary Carter remembered a day after his death 2012-02-17T23:41:09Z The coolness of Foy, of the orchestra leader and of other players, who begged the audience to hold itself in check, however, probably saved many lives on the parquet floor. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z The bottom of the cage is shining like a parquet floor from the continual tramping up and down of the prisoner within, for he knows no rest. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z The ballroom is handsome, a parquet floor, and yellow satin furniture; the other drawing-rooms too are well furnished in silk and satin. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z The owners of the Capitol in Chelsea are replacing old-fashioned parquet floors with hardwood in an effort to better compete with new rental buildings. For Rentals, No Ceiling in Sight 2012-02-11T13:29:07Z Part of the Prince Regent Hotel revamp, which included moving an entire parquet floor. Historic West End hotel given ?300m art deco revamp to offer high-spec leisure space 2012-02-12T00:06:25Z James Sullivan of Woodstock was probably the last man who got out of the parquet uninjured. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z His knees were far apart, and his feet scarcely touched the parquet floor. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z The poor little thing was very gentle, but was evidently afraid of slipping on the parquet floor. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z The judge said this while seated in her new office, in a dreary Manhattan office building, that was notably lacking in parquet oak flooring or antique side tables with fluted legs. Regal Office in Brooklyn Is Envy of Judges 2012-01-26T02:31:02Z The former Atlantic Bar and Grill restaurant has been lovingly pieced back together, with each block of parquet floor numbered and replaced by hand. Historic West End hotel given ?300m art deco revamp to offer high-spec leisure space 2012-02-12T00:06:25Z Six little girls from Evanston, in a party occupying seats in the parquet, escaped by the side entrance. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z The room was small and panelled in white, with empty sconces along the walls and parquet floor covered with oriental rugs. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z The rearmost section shot violently down his own throat, nearly choking him; that in front descended upon the inlaid parquet floor in a tubular cascade, where it formed an untidy and conspicuous ant-hill. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Its Italian marble hall and Art Deco turbine control room with parquet flooring are slowly rotting away. London?s Battersea Power Station for Sale, Again 2011-12-09T22:44:31Z The empty parquet is a reference to it. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z She was one of a party of four and with her friends occupied seats in the seventh row of the parquet. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z Purged of all feeling save for correct gesture, the vizards seemed no more alive than their mirroured counterparts that moved with equal grace upside down in the polished floor of parquet. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z In one of the staterooms where the empress's mother resides, the floor consists of a parquet of fine wood inlaid with wreaths of mother-of-pearl, and the panels of the room were incrusted with lapis lazuli. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z The Baron has bought all the parquet seats for Consuelo's benefit performance. He Who Gets Slapped A Play in Four Acts 2011-11-11T03:00:27.467Z When you think of the crevasses of an old parquet floor in an Italian Palace, you can imagine how difficult it was to find anything again. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z The tunes that seem so inspiring when heard from the comfort of a parquet seat grow dreary to those who are living with them hourly during this period. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z Beatrice tapped with the end of her parasol on what in winter would have been a pink and gray texture from Aubusson's storied looms but was now simply a parquet flooring. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z Down below in the parquet one could see the dean's thick bristly hair. The Fisher Girl 2011-10-13T02:00:46.980Z And with a light elastic step she glided over the parquet, and joined her mother and a circle of ladies on the other side of the room. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z Ethel found herself in an enormous salon of great height, and with a polished parquet floor. Chance in Chains A Story of Monte Carlo 2011-10-03T02:00:32.613Z Before Boston had the Impossible Dream, the Tuck Rule or the parquet floor, the Bruins owned this town. Stanley Cup champions finally join Boston winners 2011-09-28T18:24:16Z Ensconced on the 10th floor of the new Leela Palace Hotel, in Delhi’s green, leafy embassy district, Le Cirque’s wood-paneled walls, parquet floors and orange-rimmed plates decorated with jugglers say anything but “new arrival.” India Ink: Le Cirque Comes to India 2011-09-28T12:36:00Z In the dress circle 300 In the parquet 250 In the gallery 405 Actors and actresses 21 Supernumeraries 20 Scene shifters and the like 10 Orchestra 12 Dressers, ushers, check takers, etc., etc. Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre A thrilling personal experience! Brooklyn's horror. Wholesale holocaust at the Brooklyn, New York, Theatre, on the night of December 5th, 1876 2011-09-13T02:00:36.647Z The small fire burning in the marble fire-place cast glowing reflections on the polished parquet floor. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:45.883Z Women in astonishingly gorgeous toilets, with gold purses hanging from their wrists by jewel-studded chains, moved slowly up and down the parquet floor with a rustling of skirts. Chance in Chains A Story of Monte Carlo 2011-10-03T02:00:32.613Z The rest of us were in the parquet. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z A third of the buildings which towered up on every side were bathed in glory, the rest, gray, sullen, and throwing shadows of sable upon the lawns, gravel sweeps, and parquet flooring. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z The parquet below was empty, and people were dropping from the gallery into it, and lowering themselves from tier to tier. Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre A thrilling personal experience! Brooklyn's horror. Wholesale holocaust at the Brooklyn, New York, Theatre, on the night of December 5th, 1876 2011-09-13T02:00:36.647Z The parquet was filled with men in the conventional black swallow-tail. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z Inside there are stained-glass windows, parquet floors, elegant cabinetry, and orange and green brick fireplaces. In an Early 1900s Neighborhood, a Glimpse of ?2001? 2011-07-30T01:00:27Z Liszt smiled and bowed, and walked off the stage indifferently, not giving himself the trouble to come back, and presently he quietly sat down in the parquet, and the rehearsal proceeded. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z Then there was a chunk of machinery, two or three loud explosions, a roar, and the wings of the venomous night-hawk moved rapidly over the parquet, chased by a black shadow. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z It does not appear to be yet decided whether the floors will be of the Venetian stucco, or of parquet. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z Leaving my seat in the parquet, I strolled up to their box immediately after the curtain fell upon the first act of "The Huguenots." Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z I was sitting staring at the parquet floor this morning, thinking how on earth did I get here? First love 2011-07-22T09:53:32Z The stove, the uncarpeted and slippery parquet floor, the impossible chairs, and a ceiling painted to resemble a nightmare of a fruiterer's shop, are all things of the past. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z The market-rate rent is $1,500 a month, and the newly renovated apartment has a laminated parquet floor, new GE kitchen appliances and a new bathroom. In Harlem Buildings, Reminders of Easy Money and the Financial Crisis 2011-06-10T02:28:18Z They went up 2-0, dropped two in Houston, then closed the series with a victory on the parquet floor of the Boston Garden. Mark Cuban's quiet time goes on, to Mavs' delight 2011-05-29T23:32:18Z Others still were seated on the steps leading down into the parquet. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z At my suggestion, too, a few feet were cut from the front of the stage, which improved the proscenium boxes, and gave me two extra rows of stalls or parquet seats, numbering sixty in all. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z It was winter-time and cold, his little shoes were reflected in the glass-clear yellow squares of the parquet which spread like a sheet of ice before him. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z I have been fortunate enough to obtain a box in the parquet, where the eight of us who will comprise the party will be comfortably seated. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z There was a great rustle of silks and brocades, a clink of dress swords against the parquet floor, as the crowd parted to make way for Louis XV. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z She was staring across the parquet towards a group of men standing in the outer aisle. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z Rugs and skins from all parts of the world bestrewed the polished parquet floor. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Whoever was addressed by him bowed low, left a space of parquet between himself and papa, and answered soberly and with signs of gratification. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z Suddenly I hear the click-click-click of high heels on parquet floor. Russian secrets 2011-03-28T04:06:18Z Once more there was a barrier of emptiness and parquet flooring round the inner group, now composed of His Majesty, of M. le Contrôleur-Général, and of Mme. de Pompadour. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z The entire parquet was covered with floor made in sections, making the stage and the auditorium into one vast dancing hall. The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z A smooth sea of Vienna parquet spreads before them, and established on the stage, the British Grenadiers themselves—no mere piano and fiddle—are striking up the initial quadrille. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Two days later, at the opera--he sat in the parquet--he heard some Paris dandies whispering of the beauty of a new apparition. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z We shall have endless bother with people slipping about and smashing things if we try and make these boards look like parquet.” The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z Outside this magic circle there was a gap, a barrier of parquet flooring which no one would dare to traverse without a distinct look of encouragement from M. Achille. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z I have been speaking as if the parquet were floored; in fact, you have to sit close to the ground, mats and quilts of your own providing alone protecting you from the damp earth. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z Last week, the Mavericks passed their test on the parquet, with a riveting comeback. Winderman: Heat must beat Celtics on Sunday 2011-02-11T03:50:32Z In the main ballroom, decorated with crystal chandeliers and frescos glorifying the long-dead Hapsburg emperors, women in silken gowns and men in black ties were crowded around the edge of the shining parquet dance floor. Strictly ballroom 2011-02-10T13:00:25Z It stopped about two feet from the wall all round, and the hiatus thus made was covered with linoleum which, rather unsuccessfully, tried to look like a parquet floor. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z Davis and White's waltz to music from "La Boheme" and "La Traviata" was so captivating it transformed the Greensboro Coliseum into an old European ballroom, complete with grand chandeliers and parquet hardwood floors. | Figure Skating: Olympic Silver Medalists Easily Win Short Dance 2011-01-29T01:15:17Z They do not protrude over the parquet, but simply line the walls like balconies. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z My dances, on a parquet floor, My royal dinners, which consist Of fifteen courses, sometimes more, Are things that are not lightly missed; In fact I do not spare expense At my Official Residence. Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes 2011-01-25T03:00:23.413Z The servants' footsteps could no longer be heard on the parquet floor. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z Vhruebert sat down in the centre of the frosty parquet, shivering in his great coat. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z The plaudits echo through the wide parquet Where the fair audience upon the grass, Each knight beside his lady-love, is set, While overhead the merry winds do pass. The Two Twilights 2010-12-25T03:00:12.393Z Her eyes took in his moulded ceiling-beams, the glass knob of his door, his neat bed, the herring-boned parquet of the floor. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z LeBron James said Monday that neither team would be in championship form, so really, no one should be surprised by rust all over Boston's parquet. Live action from LeBron James' debut with Heat 2010-10-27T01:24:00Z The door had opened with no other noise than that of the pad brushing against the parquet. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z Tread the creaking wooden parquet floors of its long, carpeted corridors under dim clusters of light bulbs enclosed in Soviet-era shades and you walk back in time. Witness: Two deaths and four years in Putin's Russia 2010-10-14T10:05:00Z It’s a one-bedroom with parquet floors, a small love seat tucked away at the far end of the living room, two small tables and three chairs. About New York: A Firebird, No Longer in Toe Shoes 2010-10-05T16:58:00Z Its walls were covered with a yellowish striped paper, its ceiling beams were moulded, its herring-boned parquet floor shone. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z It hangs from the rafters and wafts from the parquet. Place in Celtics Lore Is One Victory Away for Rivers 2010-06-15T00:50:00Z In France, the parquet is ultimately answerable to the minister of justice. Ex-Vivendi boss admits 'mistakes' as he faces trial 2010-06-02T17:12:00Z Bancé, a big, ugly bloke who spends more time on the ground than a good piece of German oak parquet, hit the deck in mock agony. It's the Honigsteins 2010! The complete review of the past Bundesliga season 2010-05-27T12:23:00Z She flicks off the video and slides her wheelchair across her living room’s parquet floor, lighted by the afternoon sun. About New York: A Firebird, No Longer in Toe Shoes 2010-10-05T16:58:00Z “Like the shiny parquet floors of their apartment houses,” she added, “Mr. Auchincloss’s people are just a little too finely polished, a little too tidily assembled.” 2010-01-28T04:18:00Z It was some fifteen feet square, with a rough parquet floor and panelled walls and ceiling. Witching Hill Over the parquet was a great gray Aubusson carpet with a design of monstrous roses as deep as damsons or burgundy; and from the ceiling hung two chandeliers of cut glass. Sinister Street, vol. 2 So I leaned back in my chair like an Englishman, and glanced now at the stage, now at the parquet. The Children of the World Then, abruptly, she had enough of her bird; she wheeled, sprang to the polished parquet, and sent her feathered steed scampering away through the sand-coloured curtains, which switched into place again immediately. The Moonlit Way We were directly beneath the auditorium parquet, and every seat flung down by the ushers seemed to strike a blow upon our heads, while applause shook dust into our eyes and hair. Life on the Stage When his cross-questioning was over he sat silent for a long time, biting at his upper lip, tapping one foot—almost irritably, I thought—on the parquet floor. The Book of Susan A Novel At either end of the room were large fireplaces fructuated with marble pears and melons, and the floor was a parquet of black and yellow lozenges. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Interior walls are of vertical cypress paneling, and floors are wooden parquet. Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia He stood heavily, gazing at the little white drops, as they rolled over the dark wood of the parquet. Shadows of Flames A Novel Thus absorbed in these reflections, Paula did not notice how dangerously her stool tilted on the treacherous, highly polished parquet floor. John Marsh's Millions Some splinters of marble had been struck from the left breast, and among them, on the smooth parquet, lay a bent Oriental dagger. Bye-Ways In a corner were rolled the old Persian rugs which would be spread over the parquet floor. Lady Cassandra His representatives are attached to each tribunal, and form the parquet under whose orders the police act in bringing criminals to justice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" I acknowledge my indiscretion; I have spoken bitterly of society, and yet I stand on its parquet floor. Black Diamonds "The dances would have a much better effect if there were more space for them, and I should like a parquet floor." The Head Girl at the Gables The head of the whole parquet in France is the procureur-g�n�ral, who holds equal rank with the members of the supreme court. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" I bought a seat in the parquet and went in. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories Crossing the parquet he is down with a dish. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890 The opera-house is cleared of its rows of seats, the stage united to the parquet by a sloping floor. Aurora the Magnificent People were willing to pay far more to get into the boxes, or even to have a chair reserved on the crowded level of the parquet. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales The next stage to the parquet is the juge d’instruction, who corresponds to the English magistrate, and is the most formidable personage in the whole system of French criminal law. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The name parquet, which is given to that part of a theatre in America, is not French, and is no word at all, but a miserable affected nonentity of sound. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 The parquet, which would seat nearly a thousand spectators, was rapidly filling with an eager, curious throng. Carmen Ariza The family took their seats, in the parquet this time, having had to give up their box to visiting potentates. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland Palla’s slim foot tapped the parquet in time with the American fox-trot; she glanced across the table at Estridge, lifted her head interrogatively, then sprang up and slid into his arms, delighted. The Crimson Tide A Novel That same evening we went together to Niblo's Garden and took our places in the parquet. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware He tramped the parquet like a savage hyena. Melomaniacs House-animals, whose morals all must praise, Who wreak pale spites in vegetarian ways, And revel in an easy cry or fret, Just like those others—down in the parquet. Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) A Tragedy in Four Acts But everyone in the parquet thought that the kiss had been intended for him. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland Often when she came in the morning she would find him prowling restlessly to and fro, or sitting with his head in his hands staring gloomily at the parquet flooring and sighing like a furnace. Olive in Italy We were in the first row of the parquet, with the orchestra alone between us and the stage. The First Violin A Novel The Potentate gave a stertorous chortle, and, stretching out his arms, fell in a strawberry-leaf swoon on the parquet floor, his ducal head on the lap of his adored Jane. Mr. Punch Awheel The Humours of Motoring and Cycling Hardly had he made sure of it when there fell on his ears a small crash, sharp, as of some object dropped on the parquet. Juggernaut There was a highly polished parquet floor with no carpet, a magnificent chandelier, and the curtains were held up by elaborately carved and gilded cornices with warlike ornaments. The Twelfth Hour I walked along the terrace which was still well-kept and beautiful; through the glass door I saw a room with a parquet floor, which must have been the drawing-room. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories As he shouldered his violin his eyes traveled carelessly along the first row of the parquet—our row. The First Violin A Novel The button had been discovered on the first landing, and had lodged on the edge of the parquet flooring on the red carpet. The Slave of Silence A few circulars lay in a heap on the floor, there was a film of dust on the polished parquet. Juggernaut He made a sweeping gesture, knocking over his liqueur glass; it fell with a crash on the parquet floor. Uncanny Tales Its parquet floor creaked under her rapid tread. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley The probe, we found, was to be in the great saal; it was half lighted, and there were perhaps some fifty people, holders of probe-tickets, seated in the parquet. The First Violin A Novel From where he stood he could hear the wheels of Sartoris's chair rattling over the parquet flooring of the hall, he heard the front door open, and the timid voice of a girl speaking. The Slave of Silence She stood a moment on the threshold, looking back over her shoulder, and then crossed the drawing-room, treading softly on the parquet spaces between the rugs. The Convert Quantities of prisoners were made, and over a thousand burghers were said to be slain—in fact, the veldt was a complete parquet of dead Dutchmen. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 He waited until Fenley's hurried footsteps across a creaking parquet floor had died away. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley A polished parquet—a huge hearth on which burned a large bright wood fire, whose flames sparkled upon suits of mail in dozens—crossed swords and lances, over which hung tattered banners and bannerets. The First Violin A Novel The box scraped over the polished parquet floor, leaving deep scratches as it went; amidst a strained, breathing silence it was pushed into the dining-room. The Slave of Silence In 1793 this playhouse, of which the parquet occupied the ground floor of the Pavillon de Marsan, underwent a strange metamorphosis when it became the legislative hall for the National Convention. Royal Palaces and Parks of France "You shouldn't have parquet floors," Lady Staines remarked, holding out her hand; "in the country, it's the ruin of them unless you wear paper soles," she glanced searchingly at Mrs. Fanshawe's and Estelle's feet. The Dark Tower The stairs and the well of the hall were of oak, polished as to parquet and steps, but left to age and color naturally as to wainscot, balusters and rails. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley I saw that just before he appeared by the orchestra entrance, his beloved, her aunt, and Fräulein Sartorius had taken their places in the parquet. The First Violin A Novel Such plans in themselves are equally appropriate to the floor in the form of paving and parquet. Line and Form (1900) His idea was to develop the simple parquet into the elaborate parterre. Royal Palaces and Parks of France Before, however, he left, he heard a confused and joyous murmur, which rose from the parquet to the boxes, and became lost in the arch of the gilded ceiling. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 His sallow skin held a greenish pallor, and as if to satisfy some instinct that demanded movement he took an occasional slow stride across the parquet floor or brushed a hand wearily over his eyes. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley “I say, Eugen, did you see the young lady with Vincent and the others in the first row of the parquet?” The First Violin A Novel In times past, When the mazurka used to peal, All rattled in the ball-room vast, The parquet cracked beneath the heel, And jolting jarred the window-frames. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse By the end of the sixteenth century the Garden of the Tuileries, which was later to be entirely transformed by Le Notre, offered an interesting aspect of the parquet at its best. Royal Palaces and Parks of France An unshaded electric-light bulb filled the room with crude light, stripping its poverty and tawdriness naked to the eye its bamboo furniture, its imitation parquet, and the cheap distemper of its walls. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories It is a fine thing to behold the business-like air with which they climb into their seats in the parquet, and the gravity with which they immediately begin to read the play-bill upside down. The Little Violinist I saw some six or eight ladies of various ages in the first row of the parquet. The First Violin A Novel The parquet floor was to be supplied with rugs of warm Eastern colours. The Lady of the Basement Flat The parquet is laid in divisions reproducing the design of the ceiling. Royal Palaces and Parks of France The great room, under the strong lights, showed the conventional desert of polished parquet floor, with sparse furniture grouped about it. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Let's lay in our pemmican, and hustle back for a seat in the parquet circle. Miss Pat at School "Give us the truth," some one at the left of the parquet cried. An American Suffragette Then the door closed, and the doctor's sturdy feet in their thick-soled boots went echoing along the parquet, clattered for a moment on the pavement outside, and were lost to hearing. Despair's Last Journey The parquet and balcony were filled with students, and only one proscenium box was still empty. The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I Then, with short sliding steps, he came across the parquet and sat down beside her on the Empire settee. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Near them were seated two women, one in a box, amid a little group of people of the extreme of fashion; the other by herself, in a stall in the parquet. The Genius The curtains had been taken down, and rugs cleared away from the parquet floor. The Lion's Mouse The theatre was crowded from parquet to doors. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Within, the wards are lined by glazed tiles, and the floors are of parquet. Holborn and Bloomsbury The Fascination of London The passages are paved with tessellated pavement, and the floors of the large schoolrooms are of parquet. Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater The Fascination of London I can’t think why you did not have a parquet floor! Betty Trevor In the Captain's cabin, which had a floor of parquet and panels of teak set in mahogany, stood a table with a white cloth upon it, and a breakfast array of blue-and-white china. Major Vigoureux The chorus occupied the central place in front of the stage, much in the same location as the parquet is now. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present Of course, I shouldn't rink on a parquet floor. Sarah's School Friend The wooden parquet is met with, in all the better houses, and is well made and well kept. Recollections of Europe They stood in silence, listening to the footsteps of Marcelle on the parquet floor of the passage. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York Three elegant light galleries rise above the parquet. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City Rugs had been rolled up, and the polished parquet floor was strewn with shirt buttons, reels of cotton, and torn papers of pins. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley There were parquet floors throughout, and the bathroom was white marble, all except a narrow frieze of cool pale green. At Home with the Jardines The parquet often resents these interruptions, and hisses lustily until quiet is restored. Chopin and Other Musical Essays Proceed to box office, Metropolitan Theatre, buy a parquet ticket for matinée—"The Pied Piper." A Court of Inquiry The floor is provided with iron arm chairs, arranged after the manner of those in the parquet of Booth’s Theatre. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City I heard Eagle's footsteps on the parquet floor of the vestibule. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley At the same moment there came a stir from the room beyond, the tap-tap of a cane and shuffling steps across the polished parquet. The Danger Mark There are not a few lovers of music who, although able to pay for parquet seats, frequent the upper galleries for fear of being annoyed by the conversation in the boxes. Chopin and Other Musical Essays The road was so greasy with mud that it might have been beeswaxed, and Stokes's boots, the nails of which had been worn down, kept slipping as on a parquet floor. Leaves from a Field Note-Book And before he had finished smiling, over the parquet floor behind him there came the light rustle of a dress. Bella Donna A Novel The great opera house was densely crowded from pit to dome, the boxes and parquet brilliant with color and fashion, the numberless tiers of seats rising above, black with packed, expectant humanity. Beth Norvell A Romance of the West The parquet was cold to the touch, and I began to regret that I had not returned for my slippers. Berry And Co. They could scarcely see and had to grope their way after the young man that led them to seats in the parquet. Atlantis The maire resumed his dictation to the hypnotised clerk, while the officer sat astride a chair and executed an impatient pas seul with his heels upon the parquet floor. Leaves from a Field Note-Book This chair was also on the uncarpeted space, and Merton observed four small brass plates in the parquet. The Disentanglers From boxes, from parquet, from crowded balcony, from top-most gallery the enthusiastic outburst came, spontaneous, ever growing in volume of sound, apparently never ending. Beth Norvell A Romance of the West There were flowers on the round table and on the buffet, but, to her surprise, a piece of oilcloth now hid the parquet floor. The Chink in the Armour Lilienfeld now shouted into the parquet, when a hesitating "I don't know" came from somewhere. Atlantis The metal point of its foot made a slight dent in the parquet floor. The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year Some firemen crossed the stage slowly and with a wearied expression made their examinations; some water-carriers were sprinkling the parquet, while others were brushing away the dust. His Excellency the Minister Let us return to where he stands gazing down on the parquet. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 I met him in the front hall just in time to prevent a hopeless scar on my parquet floor. The Melting of Molly At this point, the door opening on the parquet creaked on its hinges, and a tall, stately, noble-looking old man was ushered in. Atlantis A huge mirror, in a massive gilt frame, hung upon the wall opposite door and fireplace, reaching from the ceiling to the parquet floor. The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year Exhausted with emotion, she dropped off to sleep herself, slid off the chair on to the parquet, laid her head on the angle of his pillow and slept likewise.... Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement He fell like a log, the blood oozing sluggishly from his head on to the parquet. The Man with the Clubfoot Three elegant light galleries rise above the parquet. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made A voice from the parquet—it came from the young man that had guided the artists to their seats—several times attempted a timid "Mr. Lilienfeld, Mr. Lilienfeld." Atlantis The Infant of Prague leaned calmly against its chair, reflecting the fire in its polished surface, and pressing its one sharp foot into the parquet. The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year He rose in awkward haste, and upset his chair with a loud crash on the parquet floor. The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate The big German was roaring like a bull and plunging wildly under my brother's fingers, his clubfoot beating a thunderous tattoo on the parquet floor. The Man with the Clubfoot And as a permanent base to these there was the scent of much-polished Chippendale, and of bees'-waxed parquet, and of Persian rugs. A Christmas Garland Some of them were hung with grey canvas, and canvas lay spread over the whole parquet, with the exception of a few rows left free for seats for the visitors. Atlantis I rather thought it would be me; but for pure, delightful unexpectedness, give me a parquet floor. The Divine Fire Then, as the lady passed into the room, two lackeys, one on each side of the door, poked the train with long sticks until it lay peacock-like on the parquet. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 Another source of disturbance in Mr. Hahn's matrimonial relations was his wife's absolute refusal to appear in the parquet or the proscenium boxes in the theatre. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories No parquet in any palace from Fontainebleau to St. Petersburg could show such delicate patterns, or could gleam so brightly, though polished with all the wax in Christendom. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 It took place at the club rooms, the tables being set in what was once the parquet of the theatre. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life With what seemed to him a reeling and uncertain gait, he approached over the perilously slippery parquet. The Divine Fire It was quite an ordeal to walk under the fire of so many eyes, as the parquet was without any carpet and very slippery, and the length of the room immense. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 Law, Julius," she would say, while the tears streamed down over her plump cheeks, "the parquet and the big boxes are for the gentlefolks, and not for humble people like you and me. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories Above this, the drawing room, floored with parquet oak, a spacious and attractive chamber. Shandygaff The "decorators" deal, too, in "parquet floors," and flourish and increase in their kind in response, evidently, to the volume of demand for "upholstering" and "cabinet work." Walking-Stick Papers We—a party of Americans, the only foreigners in the house that night—occupied orchestra-stalls, as I presume the two or three front benches in the parquet may be called. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 It was a pretty sight from our balcony to see all the men's heads in the parquet bend down while they saluted their Majesties. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 Lobytko, gliding over the parquet floor, flew up to the lilac young lady and whirled her away. The Party His imagination pictured how he would blow out their brains, how blood would flow in streams over the rug and the parquet, how the traitress's legs would twitch in her last agony. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories The doctor and his pretty little son sat in the end seats of the parquet circle, close to the stage and almost facing the whole house. Stage Confidences He is sitting in semi-darkness in the parquet at the Royal Opera House. William of Germany All the officers and secretaries of the Embassies sat in the parquet. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 So we settle down in the chateaux, and unroll our sleeping-bags upon its dusty parquet. The First Hundred Thousand It was a parquet floor, and the spoon made such a noise, and the cream made such a mess. Christine A deep groan burst from the people in the parquet. Stage Confidences The carpet was laid over a parquet floor so that young people, when they stayed there, rolled it up and danced. Witness for the Defense Nera totters, extends her arms, then falls heavily backward, her head striking on the parquet floor. The Italians E. of Münich by rail; is a picturesque place, strategically important, with manufactures of leather, porcelain, and parquet, and trade in salt and corn. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge He had laid down parquet flooring in the big square hall that he had made and in the new drawing-room upstairs; and he had bought a great deal of beautiful and expensive furniture. The Three Sisters "Everything!" he said, in a fury, thumping the table so hard that a little Dresden-china figure fell down and broke into pieces on the parquet floor. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel There was no judge in the parquet who had his reputation for breaking down the resistance of obstinate prisoners. Through the Wall He laid his hat on the parquet, wiped his forehead with his handkerchief, and drew an arm-chair forward. Vain Fortune It was a fine house, with polished parquet floors and wide staircases. A Surgeon in Belgium The "Light Brigade" of Buffalo occupy the boxes and the stage, "as it was at Simla in the days of old," and the others sit in the parquet. American Notes White walls, white ceilings, polished parquet floors, track lighting, recessed lights, indirect lights. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel There were good rugs on the parquet door, but no ornaments anywhere, save three. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies A brisk step sounded on the parquet, and a figure brushed past her. Mr. Standfast It was doubtless half the projection of his mind, but his mind was a thing that, among old waxed parquets, pale shades of pink and green, pseudo-classic candelabra, he had always needfully to reckon with. The Ambassadors Gallery, balcony, parquet, it represents the city's best. Fanny Herself This list fills a large part of the closely packed parquet and first balcony. The Ways of Men Furnished throughout with genuine "period" furniture, with fine dark oak panelling and parquet floors, it was altogether picturesque. The Yellow Streak In the same instant I heard him slip on the smooth parquet and the tinkle of glass as the broken window swung open. Mr. Standfast When they went to the theater in the evening, I refused to go with them; then, I went alone and concealed myself in the parquet and watched them. The Confession of a Child of the Century It was the absence in the parquet of a certain pair of pursuing eyes that made all the difference. Calvary Alley Through broken bits of mortar the parquet reflected it; it struck rich gleams from the fragments of a mirror, ran up the walls, playing on the gilt of picture frames. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California Then the favors were distributed; white skirts wavered across the floor like thistle-down on summer air; men rose from their seats and fresh couples filled the shining parquet. The Greater Inclination At the far end was another door, and as I tiptoed towards it something caught my eye on the parquet. Mr. Standfast There went that sullen Sidonia, tottering and trembling like palsy incarnate, tapping her ivory staff on the mosaic parquet, and muttering venomously as she vanished. Villette The man in the box applauded until his face was purple; gloved hands in the parquet tapped approval; the balcony stormed; the gallery whistled. Calvary Alley Then he passed through the luxurious little foyer, beautiful with flowers and soft colours, and stood behind the parquet circle railing. Tales from Bohemia The rooms were large ones with parquet flooring from which all furniture had been removed, except the palms and ferns by the walls and the heavy chandeliers overhead. The Christian A Story For he was the genuine silver-tongue, the sentences flowing from his mouth as smooth as butter and as neatly dovetailed as a parquet floor. Mr. Standfast The parquet floor of a foreign Casino is the most perfect thing for good dancing. Manners and Social Usages Mr. Demry was not there, but in the parquet she encountered a pair of importunate eyes that set her pulses bounding. Calvary Alley Young Appleton, chaffing with the persons whom he had met at the exit, was sharing in the general movement from the byways of the lobby to the middle entrance of the parquet. Tales from Bohemia Randolph had not met Cope for several days, except at the opera, where he had left his regular Monday evening seat in the parquet to spend a few moments in Mrs. Phillips' friend's box. Bertram Cope's Year The furniture was carried out of the drawing-room, the parquet floor was polished, and Chinese lanterns were hung up in the conservatory, and the cook was busy preparing light refreshments. Monitress Merle We were shown into a drawing-room, and the lady ran out of her bedroom, wrapping herself as she ran in a peignoir, and the sitting was discussed in the middle of a polished parquet floor. Memoirs of My Dead Life Mintz walked about the dim room, tapping his heels on the parquet floor, and though he spoke loudly, his voice held a note of yearning pain. Tales of the Wilderness The second act of "La Belle Helene" was not yet over when Appleton entered and stood at the rear of the parquet circle. Tales from Bohemia It is even hinted also that there will be no disposition in an unmannerly parquet to hiss the interruption of Italian and French opera. From the Easy Chair — Volume 01 Everything of value—furniture, pictures, even the parquet flooring—had been taken out of the old house and stored, partly in the new house, partly in outhouses and on the ground. The Precipice He has his seat every night in the parquet of all the theaters in Paris. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters The museum itself is about sixty feet in length by twenty-five feet broad, its ceiling composed entirely of looking-glasses, its parquet flooring strewn with priceless Persian rugs and carpets. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán I stood, somewhat in the way of the light man, where my eye could command most of the stage, and a brief section of the auditorium, from parquet to roof. Tales from Bohemia Dinner is to be at eight, in a large pavilion, where they have had a beautiful parquet floor laid down, and then when the tables are cleared away, we shall begin the cotillon. The Visits of Elizabeth Right and left of the hall stretched corridors, whose shining parquet invited the curious to explore the working-rooms and eating-rooms which lay beyond. Hyacinth The gentlemen and the officers were in the parquet. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters This theater had a colored gallery, and the shaded gentry were required to pay as much for admission to the gallery at the far end of the building as did the nabobs in the parquet. Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul Key and Rose, having wedged themselves into the approximate parquet, scrutinized him with acute suspicion, as his words penetrated their common consciousness. Tales of the Jazz Age The square is as level and clean as a parquet floor. Letters of Anton Chekhov There are over 50,000 square feet of oak in parquet flooring. Marvels of Modern Science The theater is very handsome; there are only boxes and the parquet; the Imperial Loge reaches from the first tier of boxes to the last seats of the parquet in the shape of a shell. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters The boxes and a number of seats in the parquet were sold at auction, the highest bidder being a man by the name of Philbrick, who paid $72 for a seat in the parquet. Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul The conduct of the occupants of the boxes now grew to be so intolerable that there were frequent demonstrations of disapproval and rebuke from the listeners who sat in the parquet and balconies. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time Each day the bewildered, distressed young woman who sat with Barnes in the dim "parquet," whispered in his ear: "Can they ever be friendly again?" Green Fancy I sat down on a sofa and sadly fixed my gaze on the parquet floor. The Professional Aunt The other gentlemen sat in the parquet, and circulated about between the acts. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters The parquet and the upper seats fill, but the reserved seats and the boxes are still empty. Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1 Besides the two tiers of boxes, as they exist at present, there were twelve baignoirs, six on a side at the stage ends of the parquet circle, so-called. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time Tavernake studied the pattern of the parquet floor for several moments. The Tempting of Tavernake Good-natured, foppish, and idle, he felt quite happy and in his element thus to be made chief organiser of the tragic farce, about to be enacted on the parquet floor of the gaming saloon. I Will Repay Evidently the all-powerful flag had not protected this, for it was without doors, windows, and parquets. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters And then Allen fell in love with parquet and tiles, and I was weak enough to think it a good opportunity when all the floors were up. Magnum Bonum You enter the parquet and first row of boxes from the level of the street, and above this are four ranges of boxes, besides seats in the parquet for six hundred persons. The Heart's Secret; Or, the Fortunes of a Soldier: a Story of Love and the Low Latitudes. While the two Englishmen were strolling over the polished parquet of the elegant world-famous salles-de-jeu "Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo" was experiencing quite an extraordinary run of luck. Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo Pray who is that handsome man down yonder in the parquet, fanning himself with a libretto! St. Elmo The succeeding couples, who had only to follow the figures already given, and thus continue the impulsion, were not permitted to drag themselves lazily and listlessly along the parquet. Life of Chopin Who are those people down there in the third row of the parquet—see, on the middle aisle—the woman is in red. The Pit |
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