Collection: Parquet
It is a woodworking technique that originated in ancient Mesopotamia and is known as parquet in Western Europe. It was popular as interior decoration in England and France in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is made of simple pieces of wood such as triangles, squares, and circles, and is used to create geometric patterns by combining wood of different colors and the direction of the grain. It is distinguished from other types of painting-like patterns that use natural motifs and are called "marquetry."