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How to make rugs, by Candace Wheeler
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Title: How to make rugs
Author: Candace Wheeler
Release Date: February 18, 2009 [EBook #28109]
Language: English
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HOW TO MAKE RUGS
[Illustration: LOOM WARPED FOR WEAVING]
How to Make Rugs
By
CANDACE WHEELER
Author of "Principles of Home Decoration," etc.
ILLUSTRATED
[Illustration]
NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1908
Copyright, 1900 By CANDACE WHEELER
Copyright, 1902 By DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.
Published October, 1902
CONTENTS
FOREWORD: HOME INDUSTRIES AND DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES.
CHAPTER
I.
RUG WEAVING. 19
II. THE PATTERN. 33
III. DYEING. 45
IV. INGRAIN CARPET RUGS. 57
V. WOVEN RAG PORTIERES. 67
VI. WOOLEN RUGS. 79
VII. COTTON RUGS. 99
VIII. LINSEY WOOLSEY. 113
NEIGHBOURHOOD INDUSTRIES: AFTER WORD. 125
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Loom Warped for Weaving Frontispiece