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the floor's only outfit, and the one thing that truly ties a room together.
means A piece of thick, often woven or knotted fabric used to cover part of a floor, smaller and more movable than wall-to-wall carpet.
from Rug comes from a Scandinavian source — compare Norwegian dialect 'rugga,' a coarse coverlet, and Swedish 'rugg,' meaning rough, shaggy hair. It's a cousin of the word 'rag,' both carrying that sense of rough, tufted cloth. For centuries a 'rug' meant a heavy woolen blanket — something you wrapped around yourself or threw over a bed — and only later did it slide down to the floor, where the shaggiest blankets eventually settled for good.
- oldest survivor
- The Pazyryk rug is 2,500 years old, frozen in ice.
- knot count
- Fine Persian rugs pack a million knots per square meter.
- sweatshop history
- Many were hand-knotted by children with tiny fingers.
- flying myth
- Magic carpet tales trace back to 1001 Nights.
- slip danger
- Loose rugs cause thousands of ER falls yearly.
tabriz carpet — persian rug from tabriz, iran, known for finest knots per square inch (up to 300+ knots)
turkish kilim — flat-woven rug from turkey and anatolia, traditionally made for centuries using wool and natural dyes
navajo weaving — handwoven rugs from navajo nation in southwestern united states, featuring geometric patterns and natural wool