. Review of reviews and world's work. AN ABNAKEE(With Coat-. in American industry, as they areunlike any product before of-fered. In texture they are thickand soft as the heaviest velvetcarpets, and have considerablesheen ; and as they are hand-made they can be varied in color,pattern, or size to meet any re-quirement. The work speedilygrew beyond the original plan ofmaking rugs for floors. Crestsand coats-of-arms upon wall-rugsare executed as well ; also wall-rugs with jeweled effects in theborders, portieres, couch-covers,and chair-covers are made to or-der. Their beauty and excel-lence are
. Review of reviews and world's work. AN ABNAKEE(With Coat-. in American industry, as they areunlike any product before of-fered. In texture they are thickand soft as the heaviest velvetcarpets, and have considerablesheen ; and as they are hand-made they can be varied in color,pattern, or size to meet any re-quirement. The work speedilygrew beyond the original plan ofmaking rugs for floors. Crestsand coats-of-arms upon wall-rugsare executed as well ; also wall-rugs with jeweled effects in theborders, portieres, couch-covers,and chair-covers are made to or-der. Their beauty and excel-lence are such that, though theenterprise is carried out in themountains of New Hampshire,the fame of the Abnakee rug hasgone abroad, and without solicitation well-knownhouses, one in Boston and another in Philadel-phia, asked for the agency of them. This ex-ample serves to show what can be done when anexperienced designer undertakes to place a primi-tive handicraft upon an artistic basis. In almost every community lie germs of prof-itable crafts if directed by tast
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