Then, too, some of the wall paper which had come away from the plaster hung down in shreds, dead flies were scattered over the parquetry flooring; and in order to open the shutters the waiter had to engage in a perfect fight with their fastenings.
"Paris From the "Three Cities""
Emile Zola
Clock, map, and calendar; some busts on top of a bookless bookcase; red turkey carpet, the treacherous parquetry, and these stiff-looking chairs-really that was all.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
The room was brilliantly lighted, and the soft radiance gleamed upon the polished parquetry floor, on which rugs of costly skins were scattered.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton