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Carpets And Rugs

Quality

The quality of a Wilton is determined in the same way as the quality of a Brussels, by the number of frames and the number of wires. The actual counting of the number of points per square inch can best be done on the back on account of the blending of the pile threads across the weave in the face.

Tapestry Brussels Carpet

Tapestry carpet, sometimes known as Tapestry Brussels, is the cheapest form of looped-pile carpet made. From the weaving standpoint it is a single-frame Brussels. In other words, every bit of wool employed for pile is used for pile and not a single thread lies embedded in the body of the carpet.

This method of weaving follows as a matter of course where only one color is involved, but its use for producing carpets with patterns is made possible by printing the yarn in such a way that when it is woven into the carpet, the proper color will come at the proper point. Sometimes carpets of this type are woven in a neutral tone and the completed fabric printed with a design.

Naturally, there is no limit to the number of colors that can be used in a carpet of this kind. Ordinarily the structure of such a carpet is made up of cotton chain warp, jute stuffer or filler, worsted pile and weft of jute or linen. Figure 38, Plate 11, shows diagrammatically the structure of Tapestry carpet.

The appearance of the carpet is similar to Brussels, but on account of the fact that the pile is printed it is impossible to get the sharpness and clean-cut appearance in the design that is obtained in the Brussels and the Wilton carpets. In these carpets the outline of the various designs is hazy, but when properly worked out the haziness may be used to advantage as part of the scheme of the design.