ABSTRACT
The beauty of a room begins with its floor, since this is the foundation for comfort as well as for a decorative background. Floors, along with walls and ceilings, form the shell of the room, next to walls; floors are the largest color area in the home interior. A soft floor covering makes a room comfortable and gives it a finished appearance. The wealth of rugs produced today comes from virtually every part of the world. Chinese rugs of the 17th and 18th centuries were beautiful, but the modern rugs were often without merit in design, for in them naturalistic dragons, clouds, waves, trellises, flowers and birds usually blue, are scattered around over light backgrounds in confusion. In addition to Orientals, numerous other rugs are used in both residential and commercial premises. They may be hand or machine made in many parts of the world.
