. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 1058 The Cornell Reading-Courses Rag rugs are excellent in many places. A widespread admiration for this old-fashioned floor covering has led to its commercial manufacture. It must be admitted that the rag rugs on the market, while perhaps not so substantial in weight as the homemade hit-and-miss variety, are better in design because attention has b
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 1058 The Cornell Reading-Courses Rag rugs are excellent in many places. A widespread admiration for this old-fashioned floor covering has led to its commercial manufacture. It must be admitted that the rag rugs on the market, while perhaps not so substantial in weight as the homemade hit-and-miss variety, are better in design because attention has been paid to assorting the rags for color value. This should be a suggestion to all women who love to experiment with carpet rags. The usual pattern will be much improved by omitting the white rags from the body of the rug and using them with some other light or bright color for the border. It may be said, in general, that dark rugs of any kind containing patches of white in the pattern tend to give the floor a disorderly appearance. If the rug is hght in color value. Fig 24.—.1 good style of design for any kind of rug the white is not so noticeable. A rag rug with a moderately dark flecked body and a broad contrasting border becomes an artistic product in contrast with the usual hit-and-miss carpet, which is merely a practicable product. Very original results may be obtained by sorting into balls the various shades and colors that blend well, keeping all harmonious colors for the same rug. Thus, blues and greens woven with a white warp and a broad light band near the ends give one effect, while if these colors are woven on black warp with a dark band across the ends the effect is distinctly different. Dull reds and browns woven on a tan warp with a lighter or brighter border make an appropriate rug to spread before the fire. Old blue-jeans make a bedroom rug of good weight; usually, if cotton rags alone are used, the rug is too thin. The old-fashioned round or o
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