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A PRINCESS WAKES UP AFTER A KISS CLASSIC VERSAILLES PANELS STILL CHARM THE MARKET IN ADAPTED 21ST CENTURY DESIGN
Photo – Houtbedrijf Kerkhofs
We’ve often written about Versailles panels and with good reason. In recent years, manufacturers have been almost falling over each other to be at least present in this segment. Moreover, Versailles panels now go far beyond purely solid wood and also include composite pre-finished tiles.
sides. Obviously, they’ve also provided various finishes: oiled (Master Oil), bare and therefore untreated, smoked (top layer completely smoked, changing from semi- to dark brown, with lighter sap wood). It is also available brushed (for more depth-effect) and in white wash to highlight the wood structure.
The direct trigger for this article is Ply Quet Holzimport, which is based in Bremen, Germany, and well known for brands TEKA Parquet and TEKA Design trademarks. Indeed, at the most recent edition of Domotex in Hannover, just before pandemic started, we gasped in amazement at a real work of art.
We won’t mention the other words of praise which accompanied this product, but this one example makes it quite clear: Antique Versailles panels have been attracting interest on the market for a few years now. Moreover, it’s also crystal clear that these are days in which the traditional beauty of the old is blending with today’s latest forms of technology so that old and new form new alliances.
Old lives again in new forms What the company displayed specifically was a hardwood Versailles panel with various sizes in a three-layer construction with a top layer of 3,4, or 5.4mm. The scale of the panel was 19 x 980 x 980mm and, to make it suitable for this 21st century era, it was fitted with tongue and groove, suitable for floor heating and with a V-groove on the four
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In all that we might easily forget to define what Versailles panels actually are. We talk about them again and again, but what would you say to your clients if they asked you what exactly it is? Below we give a brief summary of how you can briefly present Versailles panels to interested clients.
