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Chinese hand-knotters call machine carpet their own descendant

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Collection: Tuft the World research brief: The Non-English Record
Themes: Global diffusion of tufting

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“Chinese hand-knotters call machine carpet their own descendant.” Research note, Tuft the World research brief: The Non-English Record.

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SOURCE NOT FOUND. The quotation could not be found anywhere. The nearest is Baidu Baike's 手工打结地毯是现代地毯的雏形 ("hand-knotted carpet is the prototype of modern carpet"), an encyclopedia line rather than hand-knotters' own words. Don't quote this until a source turns up. A far more generous framing than the Western "machines destroyed the craft". Citation check (Oct 2026, from search results; pages not opened): source not found. No source found. The nearest is Baidu Baike: 手工打结地毯是现代地毯的雏形 (hand-knotted carpet is the prototype of modern carpet). That is weaker than 'machine carpet technology evolved from hand-knotting', and it is an encyclopedia line, not a statement by hand-knotters. Also: https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%89%8B%E5%B7%A5%E5%9C%B0%E6%AF%AF/5322400