A History of Tufted Rugs

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Chenille bedspread machines were widened into rug and broadloom tufting machines

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Publisher
Carpet and Rug Institute
Themes
Woven carpet, Machine tufting & Dalton

Cite this source

Carpet and Rug Institute, web page on the history of carpet, carpet-rug.org (quoted from search results; page not yet checked). carpet-rug.org/about-us/history-of-carpet.

Research notes

"Machinery was developed for making chenille rugs and was widened, creating larger rugs and broadloom carpet" (Carpet and Rug Institute). The bridge from bedspreads to broadloom.