Floor rugs

area rugs

The ancient motif known as the "mark of Tamerlane" has been employed with success in a modem texture. Chinese, Ameri­can Indian, Persian and many other historic rugs are used in contemporary rooms.

If you want to furnish with imagination and taste you should have at least a bowing acquaintance with the floorcoverings of every time and every land.

Though the historical chapters of this book are not required reading, and you haven't the remotest intention of buying an antique carpet, they will give you a background for the rugs and carpets of today.

The most famous rug in the world is in the South Kensington Museum in London. It is four hundred years old and couldn't be bought for half a million dollars.

Because its pattern and color have influenced many designers it's fun to know about this and other illustrious ancestors of rugs you may have on your own floor.