Among the most famous types of parquet flooring, the Versailles panel would be the first to come in mind. Obviously prevalent in the prestigious Château de Versailles, the Versailles panel has been also largely used in a lot of other castles and bourgeois houses. Roubo de Mazerolles, a cabinetmaker of the 18th century, has codified
the making of those panels to a large extent. His major work is “L’Art de la Menuiserie” (1769).
