Ingrain carpets.
From: The Magazine Antiques
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Date: 1/1/1996
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Author: Kraak, Deborah E.
Ingrain carpets were the most affordable floor coverings in the US during the 19th century. These colorful rugs were featured in many portraits and paintings during that period. Modern unconventional colors may have contributed to the appreciation of ingrains.
During the nineteenth century ingrain carpets were among the most common and affordable types of floor coverings in America.(1) These colorful, flat-surfaced, woven woolen rugs appear in many portraits and genre paintings (see Pls. ...
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