. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. James Prince and son, William by John Brewster, Jr., 1801 {Courtesy of Historical Society oj Old Newbury, photo courtesy oj The Art Imtitute of Chicago.) Figure 19.—The floor of this room is entirely covered with a pat- tern in shades of gray from Hght to dark. A letter on the portable desk is headed "New- buryport Novr. 24 ; Philada. Parlours & chambers completely equipped with every luxury as well as convenience.^" The use of woven cut-pile carpeting in this country almost coincides with its availability in England.
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. James Prince and son, William by John Brewster, Jr., 1801 {Courtesy of Historical Society oj Old Newbury, photo courtesy oj The Art Imtitute of Chicago.) Figure 19.—The floor of this room is entirely covered with a pat- tern in shades of gray from Hght to dark. A letter on the portable desk is headed "New- buryport Novr. 24 ; Philada. Parlours & chambers completely equipped with every luxury as well as convenience.^" The use of woven cut-pile carpeting in this country almost coincides with its availability in England. Wiltons began to appear on the American market soon after the middle of the 18th century. Consequently houseowners and homemakers on both sides of the Atlantic were able almost simultaneously to cover their floors with carpeting that was both stylish and service- able. And Wilton-type floor coverings have sustained this reputation so that they are in the 20th century, as they undoubtedly were in the 18th century, one of the most satisfactory kinds of underfoot furnishings. The desire of anyone today might be the same as ™ Letter from Thomas Lee Shippen, Sully, Va., to Dr. William Shippen, Jr., Philadelphia, Oct. 24, 'l797. (MS, Library of Congress, Manuscripts Division.) Shippen Papers, vol. 2. that expressed by John Quincy Adams in his poem "The Wants of ; And maples, of fair glossy stain. Must form my chamber doors, And carpets of the Wilton grain Must cover all my ;' AXMINSTER Axminster was yet another kind of pile floor cover- ing available to the 18th-century American. As with Brussels and Wilton, the name was that of a type of pile as well as a place of manufacture. In contrast to the looped and cut-pile floor coverings which were woven in narrow strips, however, Axminster could be made in one piece without seams. And the pile, "' John Quinc' Adams, Poems of Religion and Socie/y (Buffalo, : Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1854), p. 18.
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