Chapter I: Foreword: Home Industries and Domestic Manufactures

CHAPTER

I. RUG WEAVING. 19

II. THE PATTERN. 33

III. DYEING. 45

IV. INGRAIN CARPET RUGS. 57

V. WOVEN RAG PORTIERES. 67

VI. WOOLEN RUGS. 79

VII. COTTON RUGS. 99

VIII. LINSEY WOOLSEY. 113

NEIGHBOURHOOD INDUSTRIES: AFTER WORD. 125

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Loom Warped for Weaving _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

Weaving 20

The Onteora Rug 36

The Lois Rug 52

Sewed Fringe for Woven Portiere 72

Knotted Warp Fringe for Woven Table-cover 72

Isle La Motte Rug 90

Greek Border in Red and Black 108

Braided and Knotted Fringe 108

Diamond Border in Red and Black 108

The Lucy Rug 128