276 RUGS AND CARPETS

PROBLEMS

A sufficient number of problems are listed so that choices may be made.

1. Visit a rug department in a store, and write a report of the
trip.

2. Design a hooked rug or a Modem rug with poster paints or
crayons.

3. Visit a local home weaver, and report on the trip.

4. If possible visit a textile or rug factory and write a report
about it.

READING REFERENCES

FARADAY, CORNELIA B. European and American Carpets and Rugs.

Dean Hicks, 1929.

JAMES, GEORGE W, Indian Blankets. Tudor, 1937.
KENT, WILLIAM W. The Hooked Rug. Tudor, 1937.
LEWIS, GEORGE G. The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs. Lip-

pincott, 1945.
Publications of The Textile Museum, Washington, D. C.