American carpets
From the very beginnings of our country the American has liked comfort, warmth and color in his home. The wealthy colonists brought with them Oriental, French and English carpets.
As the merchants of New York and New England and the planters of the South began to make money, they ordered special carpets from abroad.
But the hard-working wives of the fanners and small craftsmen had to invent their own floorcoverings.
Though they spun and wove all the material for the family clothes and bedding, and did thousands of other tasks besides, they still found time to concoct something to make the floors of their small houses warm and bright.
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