The rug and carpet industry of Philadelphia: . om its heightof poijularity about 1895there was a steady de-crease, and many hundredlooms have gone to thejunk pile or been changedto make light summer- [^as^= —- ^^L^-^^ wear rugs, so that at jores- ^= ent very few Ingrains are As our forefathers labored mirlp Reasons of housework, decorative value andthe laving of hardwood floors gradually demandeda change from the old order of things. The carpet\\hich covered the floor completely, was tackeddown, and onlv taken u]). cleaned and relaid withgreat trouble at housecleaning times. Manv smallrugs for
The rug and carpet industry of Philadelphia: . om its heightof poijularity about 1895there was a steady de-crease, and many hundredlooms have gone to thejunk pile or been changedto make light summer- [^as^= —- ^^L^-^^ wear rugs, so that at jores- ^= ent very few Ingrains are As our forefathers labored mirlp Reasons of housework, decorative value andthe laving of hardwood floors gradually demandeda change from the old order of things. The carpet\\hich covered the floor completely, was tackeddown, and onlv taken u]). cleaned and relaid withgreat trouble at housecleaning times. Manv smallrugs for scattering around the floor and some largeones in one piece, mostly Ingrain Art Squares andlater Smyrna rugs, had been made, but it remainedfor our own Philadelphia house of Hardwick &Magee Company, in 1893, to successfully make anovelty which was destined to practically revolu-tionize rug methods. By properly designing thepattern and weaving in rolls which cut intoThe modern way Strips, a perfect rug in any size could be made by.
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