ABSTRACT
During the past few years, carpets and carpeting that cover the whole of the floor have been treated with open abuse or silent contempt by nearly all writers on interior decoration and furnishing. Oriental rugs have been honored with numerous magazine articles and many books containing sumptuous illustrations in color. Plain ingrain or filling is particularly useful in refurnishing old houses that have rough and leaky floor. Laid upon a fairly heavy carpet lining, it is soft and comfortable to the foot and absolutely shuts off those drafts of wind through the floor that make many homes cold and dangerous to the health in winter. Even the term body brussels, that was invented to distinguish the real from the tapestry brussels, is sometimes used by unscrupulous dealers to advertise tapestry.
