{"id":4100,"date":"2020-09-02T08:32:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T08:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodco.it\/senza-categoria\/slavonian-oak-or-french-oak-discover-all-the-differences\/"},"modified":"2020-09-02T08:32:19","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T08:32:19","slug":"slavonian-oak-or-french-oak-discover-all-the-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodco.it\/en\/advice\/slavonian-oak-or-french-oak-discover-all-the-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"Slavonian Oak or French Oak? Discover all the differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valuable, elegant, and durable, oak is one of the most commonly used and appreciated woods in parquet production. Oak is available in <strong>two main families: French oak and Slavonian oak<\/strong>. Both have specific characteristics, uses, and prerogatives.  <\/p>\n<h2>French Oak Parquet: Characteristics<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with French oak. It is derived from a tree with <strong>particularly long and imposing branches<\/strong>, widespread and cultivated in forests in the transalpine regions of Allier, Nevers, Aquitaine, Limousin, and the Vosges department. This variety is therefore suitable for creating <strong>rustic and aged parquet<\/strong> that stands out for the movement of its grain and broader flame pattern. It has <strong>warm colors and hazelnut shades<\/strong> that make it ideal for natural finishes. French oak is called &#8220;<strong>fine-grained<\/strong>&#8221; due to the dense arrangement of the tree&#8217;s growth rings.    <\/p>\n<h2>Slavonian Oak Parquet: A First Choice<\/h2>\n<p>On the other hand, Slavonian oak is defined as &#8220;<strong>coarse-grained wood<\/strong>&#8220;, <strong>lighter and more elegant<\/strong>, and for this reason recommended for <strong>first choices<\/strong>. It originates from Slavonia, a geographical region <strong>in eastern Croatia<\/strong>, consisting of fertile plains, watered by large rivers like the <strong>Drava<\/strong> and the <strong>Danube<\/strong>. It is derived from slender trees, but with smaller branches. It is particularly suitable for creating wooden floors with straighter grain and <strong>smaller knots<\/strong> and is considered by many to be <strong>the true king of wood for parquet<\/strong>. It is a versatile material that adapts to various formats and installation types such as <strong>Hungarian<\/strong> or <strong>Italian herringbone<\/strong> and French herringbone patterns.   <\/p>\n<p>At Woodco, we have decided to place Slavonian oak <strong>at the<\/strong> <strong>center of our offering<\/strong> and especially <strong>in the <a title=\"Signature\" href=\"http:\/\/www.woodco.it\/parquet-italiano\/legni-pregiati\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Signature<\/a> collections<\/strong>, with its parquet, such as <strong>Colonial oak<\/strong>, and <a title=\"Dream\" href=\"http:\/\/www.woodco.it\/parquet-italiano\/prefinito-rovere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Dream<\/strong><\/a>. Already rich in shades and scents, this essence is enhanced and perfected by the work of our expert artisans who skillfully extract the wonderful characteristics of this oak. Already <strong>rich in shades and scents<\/strong>, this essence is <strong>enhanced<\/strong> and perfected by the work of our <strong>expert artisans<\/strong> who skillfully extract the wonderful characteristics of this oak.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53796\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-53796 size-full\" title=\"Slavonian Oak_Colonial | Brushed \u2013 Matte Varnish\" src=\"http:\/\/www.woodco.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/rovere_coloniale_zen-1-1.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.woodco.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/rovere_coloniale_zen-1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.woodco.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/rovere_coloniale_zen-1-1-300x72.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.woodco.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/rovere_coloniale_zen-1-1-768x184.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.woodco.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/rovere_coloniale_zen-1-1-700x167.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.woodco.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/rovere_coloniale_zen-1-1-600x144.jpg 600w\" alt=\"Slavonian Oak_Colonial | Brushed \u2013 Matte Varnish\" width=\"1024\" height=\"245\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53796\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-53796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 1 Slavonian Oak_Colonial | Brushed \u2013 Matte Varnish<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valuable, elegant, and durable, oak is one of the most commonly used and appreciated woods in parquet production. Oak is available in two main families: French oak and Slavonian oak. Both have specific characteristics, uses, and prerogatives. French Oak Parquet: Characteristics Let&#8217;s start with French oak. It is derived from a tree with particularly long [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[306],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodco.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}