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HARDWOOD FLOORING [5 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

hardwood flooring : an item in the "Building Components" class of the "Built Environment Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

revêtement de sol en bois dur : objet de la classe «Composants du bâtiment» de la catégorie «Éléments du bâtiment».

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings
  • Interior Covering Materials
  • Floors and Ceilings
DEF

Wood prefinished in some form, installed as the final wearing surface on a finished floor. May consist of strips or planks of wood that are laid one at a time in a continuous row and that usually incorporate some design of edge joint to lock together adjacent strips. Another form is parquet flooring, which comprises small pieces of hardwood grouped together to form a pattern....

CONT

In modern houses a popular fashion consists of large expanses of wood floor with area rugs to define furniture groupings within a room.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol
  • Revêtements intérieurs
  • Planchers et plafonds
DEF

Revêtement de sol en lames ou en plaquettes de bois composant le parement d'un plancher [...]

CONT

Le parquet traditionnel est formé de lames de chêne, de châtaignier, de pin ou de sapin [...] assemblés par rainure et languette [...] Les parquets modernes sont très divers et évoluent constamment. Le parquet par panneaux est préfabriqué : il est constitué de lames assemblées en un rectangle d'environ 100 x 25 cm et se pose sur lambourde ou sur bitume. Dans le parquet mosaïque, l'élément de pose est un carreau constitué par des lamelles de 5 à 8 mm d'épaisseur [...] disposées, côte à côte, collées sur un papier.

CONT

[...] les parquets constituent souvent à la fois des planchers et des revêtements de sol.

CONT

Le revêtement des planchers en bois par du parquet ne présente aucune difficulté.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alfombras y revestimientos para suelos
  • Revestimientos para interiores
  • Pisos y cielos rasos
DEF

Suelo fabricado por la unión machihembrada de pequeñas tablas de madera.

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Record 3 2000-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings
  • Interior Covering Materials
  • Floors and Ceilings
DEF

Wood flooring consisting of narrow, matched strips.

CONT

Strip floorings over wood subfloors placed diagonally on wood joists are widely used to serve as both structural and surface floors.

CONT

Many hardwood species are used to manufacture strip flooring, but the more common ones are maple, birch, beech, red and white oak, and walnut.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol
  • Revêtements intérieurs
  • Planchers et plafonds
CONT

Le parquet traditionnel est formé de lames de chêne, de châtaignier, de pin ou de sapin, plus rarement de hêtre [...] assemblés par rainure et languette, tant sur chant qu'en bout. [...] Les lames sont posées et fixées sur des lambourdes suivant plusieurs types classiques [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Wood
  • Barrel and Cask Making
CONT

The wood [white oak] is very heavy, hard, strong, tough, and close-grained; a very high grade, all-purpose wood. It is one of the best woods known for tight cooperage, and one of the finest for furniture and hardwood flooring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en bois
  • Tonnellerie
CONT

[Chêne blanc.] Usages : Le bois est recherché pour la fabrication des meubles, en ébénisterie et pour les parquets. On l'emploie aussi dans la tonnellerie, les bateaux, les boiseries intérieures [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 1995-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Formerly : Oak Flooring Manufacturers of United States; Southern Oak Flooring Industries. Manufacturers of hardwood flooring.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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