Floor Coverings.

If you are thinking of buying a new carpet for your living room, try a self-colour or a blend of two or more shades. You will find it makes a welcome change from the old type of carpet and serves as a pleasant background for coloured rugs or floor cushions.

The following may be of interest to those who find it difficult to distinguish between the different classes of carpets.

A Brussels carpet may be easily distinguished by its loop pile, which is formed of threads of worsted yarn on a woven foundation.

Wilton carpets are of essentially the same manufacture as brussels, the chief exception being that the warp threads forming the upper surface are cut, thus producing a soft pile. The similarity between Brussels and Wilton carpets is the outcome of the fact that the first Brussels carpets were made in England, at Wilton, by French weavers about the year 1740. Although the manufacture of carpets had been carried out at this place previous to this date, the cut pile variety to which it has now given its name was a subsequent production.

The pile of the Axminster carpet is tufted, not looped, as a Brussels or Wilton.