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History and manufacture of floor coverings (1899)

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sapanwood. For all othercolors aniline dyes are used. In Japan the matting manufacturers use a straw,like the Chinese, from which they make what is called theBungo weave, but a larger proportion of the matting whichcomes from China is made of straw which is smaller thanthe Chinese and this makes… … 73 FLOOR COVERINGS. In both China and Japan the loom on which the mattingis woven is of the same pattern, consisting merely of anupright bamboo framework with cylindrical crosspiecesabove and below, over which the warp runs, the woof beingwoven in without a shuttle. The movement of the warpis…

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