Modern rugs and carpets

The Numdah rug from India is a felted rather than a woven rug. It is flat, with a design in colored wool applied with a coarse chain stitch.

There are not many American machine-made flat weaves for year-round use. A good inexpensive cotton rug with interesting texture is made in a range of colors and qualities.

Another good and durable flat weave is made of coarse linen or flax. It is available in a fairly wide selection of qualities, textures and colors.
Summer rugs are always flat weaves.

They are designed to replace your pile floorcoverings if you like to make a change in the hot weather. They are used, too, in summer cottages and in tropical climates where woolen floorcoverings will mildew and rot.

Made of all manner of fibers (which are listed in the chapter on materials), they have become increasingly varied and interesting in their construction.