. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. A Family Group English, about 1740 [Courtesy oj Colonial Williamsburg.) Figure 5.—The rich pattern of the large Oriental carpet seen in this informal study of a dancing couple is emphasized by the surrounding bare wood floor. Dancing and music were as much a part of sociability in both England and the colonies as were tea drinking and card playing. the New-York Gazette of May 22, 1799, included in a list of imported carpets and carpeting "a variety of Patent (^il Floor Cloths for rooms, 1-2 yd. 3-4 and 4^4 do. for ; -^ Besi
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. A Family Group English, about 1740 [Courtesy oj Colonial Williamsburg.) Figure 5.—The rich pattern of the large Oriental carpet seen in this informal study of a dancing couple is emphasized by the surrounding bare wood floor. Dancing and music were as much a part of sociability in both England and the colonies as were tea drinking and card playing. the New-York Gazette of May 22, 1799, included in a list of imported carpets and carpeting "a variety of Patent (^il Floor Cloths for rooms, 1-2 yd. 3-4 and 4^4 do. for ; -^ Besides being imported ^' This and most other New York newspaper references have been taken from Rita Susswein Gottesman, The Arts and Crafts in New York, 1726-1776 (New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1938), and The Arts and Crafts in New York, 7777-7799 (New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1954). by merchants for sale, floorcloths were imported by individuals for their ovv'n use. Residents of Virginia, because they sold their tobacco and consequently established credit in the British Isles, usually "shopped" in the British Isles by way of letters to friends and agents there. Martha Jacquelin writing to her agents in London on August 14, 1769, requested "some neces- saries for House keeping" as well as items for sale in the colony to be sent "by the first Ship for York River," Virginia. Included in the list were "I painted duck Floor Cloth" as well as "2 Kilmarnock PAPER 59: FLOOR COVERINGS IN 18TH-CENTURY AMERICA 11. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Gov
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