Rugs and carpets: Rug making, Carpet, Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting, Armenian carpet, Kuba rugs and carpets, Carpet cleaning, Rya - Softcover

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Rug making, Carpet, Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting, Armenian carpet, Kuba rugs and carpets, Carpet cleaning, Rya, Tibetan rug, Rug hooking, Turkish carpet, Rubia, Kilim, Dry carpet cleaning, Savonnerie manufactory, A & M Karagheusian, Berber carpet, Nazmiyal Collection Of Antique Rugs & Carpets - New York, Latif Karimov, Oxi Fresh Carpet Cleaning, Eagle rug, Azerbaijan State Carpet Museum, Red carpet, Turkmen rug, Carpet One, Frieze, Arshag Karagheusian, Konya carpets, Aion, Antique talish rugs, Dhurrie, Oriental rug, Bessarabian rugs and carpets, Fitted carpet, Pakistani rug, Sulatanabad rugs and carpets, Kurdish rugs, American carpets and rugs, Alcaraz Rugs, Lilihan carpets and rugs, Underlay, Floorcloth, Braided rug, Amritsar rugs and carpets, Cormar Carpets, Thomas Whitty, Arabian carpet, Tack strip, Caucasian carpets and rugs, Knot density, Bidjar rug, Seychour Rugs, Chiprovtsi carpet, Ghiordes knot, Oriental Rug Retailers of America, Flokati rug, Kashmir rug. Excerpt: A carpet is a textile floor covering consisting of an upper layer of "pile" attached to a backing. The pile is generally either made from wool or a manmade fibre such as polypropylene, and usually consists of twisted tufts which are often heat-treated to maintain their structure. The term "Carpet" derives from Old Italian carpita, "carpire" meaning to pluck. The term "carpet" is used interchangeably with the term "rug." But, they are not the same thing. A carpet stretches from wall-to-wall while a rug does not. Only with the opening of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbers of Persian rugs introduced to Western Europe. Historically the word was also used for table and wall coverings, as carpets were not commonly used on the floor in European interiors until the 18th century. Swatches of carpet of tufted construction D...

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