Carpets and Rugs
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An encyclopedia article defining carpets and rugs and surveying the main types sold in the early twentieth century, including Brussels, Wilton, tapestry, velvet, ingrain, Axminster, Smyrna, chenille Axminster, Aubusson, savonnerie, and rag rugs. It outlines how each is woven and how they differ, along with the history of hand-knotted rugs in Europe. It also covers the growth of the American carpet industry from colonial hand weavers to power looms, with production statistics for 1850, 1899, and 1909, and ends with a short bibliography.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1922
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
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