Rug history

Every manufacturer has a name for each grade, but the ones best known to you are those applied to the fabrics sold for private homes. These grade names are often nationally advertised, and usually attached to the rugs and carpets you see in retail stores.

Knowing them will give you a basis for comparison shopping and assurance that you are getting a standard fabric made by a responsible manufacturer.

It has been a long-established practice to borrow or adapt Oriental names for some domestic rugs. The labels, however, as well as the prices, will tell you plainly that they are made in the United States by machine.