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History and manufacture of floor coverings (1899)

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ry and is never at a loss for the right shade.But in places like Oushak, where many weavers are concen-trated and have made the work a vocation, new patternsare sometimes required, and then an especially expertweaver is employed in making a pattern carpet from adesign, and from this the women work… … Fig. 18. good wool are kept housed, and often have linen coveringssewn upon them in order that the wool may remain cleanand also because wool treated in this way becomes satu-rated with animal fat, which makes it soft and glossy.Goats hair is used to some extent, as there are certainbreeds of goats…

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