Cairo squares, 38 Carlisle, 23 Carpets, antiquity of, 1 ——, artificial ageing of, 26 ——, doctoring of, 25 ——, earliest makers of, 24 ——, European and Asiatic, 26 ——, export of, 105, 106 ——, import of, 106 ——, introduction into England, 3 ——, sewing of, 42 Carpet trade associations, 107 —— ——, commercial conditions of, 119 —— ——, District Association, 110 —— ——, distribution of, 104 Carpet Trade Industrial Council, 118 —— —— Rationing Committee, 109 Chenille, 63 ——, fur cutting, 65 ——, qualities, 67 ——, setting, 66 ——, weft weaving, 64 Chlidema squares, 38 Colour, 92 Competition, foreign, 27, 120 Cotton, 11 Creel bobbin, 30 Design, 92 Distribution of carpet industry, 104 Donegal, 23 Drying yarns, 19 Dyeing, 13 —— yarns, 14 —— machines, 15, 16 —— process, 18 Dyes of Oriental carpets, 25 Dyestuffs, 18, 25 Dye vats, 14 Eclecticism in design, 102 Egyptian loom, 1 Employees, number of, 104 Employers and employed, 107 Export carpet trade, 105, 106 Fine Wiltons, 45 Flax warp, 23 —— yarn, 11 Foreign competition, 27, 120 Hakluyt, 3 Halifax, 7 Hand-made carpets, 20 Henry IV, 4 —— VIII, 4 Imperial Axminster, 50 Ingrain carpeting, 86 —— qualities, 87 Jacquard, 31 —— Axminster, 59 Jute yarn, 10 Kidderminster, 5, 104 —— carpeting, 86 —— Carpet Weavers’ Association, 100 Kilmarnock, 6 Knots, Turkish and Persian, 21 Linen yarn, 11 Louis XIV, 4 Maffersdorf, 23 Materials, 9 ——, consumption of, 104 Medallion squares, 42 Mohair, 10 Morris, influence of, 99 National Affiliation, 117 Northern Counties Association, 112 Ornament, classes of, 97 Owen Jones, 97, 99 Paper yarn, 11 Plain Wilton, 47 Planting, 34 Qualities, standardisation of, 108 Ramie yarn, 11 Reproduction, 100 Saxony Wilton, 46 Scotch carpeting, 86 Scouring of yarns, 13 Seamless Axminster, 61 Self colours, 95 Silk, 9 Starching, 34 Statistics, 104 Tapestry, 7, 71 ——, printing, 74 ——, scaleboard, 78 ——, setting, 81 ——, steaming, 81 ——, stripping, 80 ——, velvet, 84 ——, weaving, 83 Trade unions, 110 Two-colour effect, 96 Washing of carpets, 26 Whytock, 6, 71 Wilton, 4, 5, 23 Wilton carpeting, 44 ——, plains, 47 ——, qualities, 45 ——, shading of, 47 Wool, character and consumption of, 9, 10 ——, characteristics of, 17 Woollen Wiltons, 46 Yarn drying, 19 —— scouring, 13 * * * * * _Printed by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., Bath, England_ BRINTONS LIMITED KIDDERMINSTER _Tel. Address: Brintons, Kidderminster. Telephone No. 5_ WORSTED AND WOOLLEN SPINNERS CARPET AND RUG MANUFACTURERS [Illustration] _Brussels_, _Wilton_, _Axminster_, _Chenille_, and _Hand Tufted_ . . . . _Carpeting_ . . . . [Illustration] _Cotton_, _Jute_, _Hemp_, _Linen_ . . _and Worsted Webbing_ . .