Choosing Rugs: Quality and Care Guide for Home Floors
The article explains rug quality varies by weave such as Axminster Wilton Velvet and Chenille and that price signals value. It advocates daily vacuuming with modern wool carpets for heavy use and suggests buying dense wool pile carpet with extra length to wrap under stairs for even wear. It notes room tailored rug sizes have replaced uniform 9 by 12 foot mats and borders have narrowed for fit.
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Pattern 4375 by Anne Adams for at home sewing
Dashing sport dress pattern 4375 from Anne Adams offers linen velvet and silk versions with options for a low V back or roll collar. Sizes 14 to 40 with simple pieces and illustrated steps. Send 15 cents for pattern and 5 cents for book. order from The Decatur Daily Pattern Department New York.
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Rug care tips and cleaning costs from city streets
The article advises turning rugs every few weeks to distribute wear and mentions wool pile fluffing fading as ends in yarn worked out. It notes proper room humidity extends rug life and compares carpet wear to human maintenance while citing a city street cleanup cost of over $4,000,000 annually with 8,500 workers.
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