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The braided rug was a staple in early, Colonial American culture. Settlers used scraps of clothing and other excess materials to make a floor covering that would provide warmth and protection for a home's residents and guests.
Braided area rugs can be constructed in a variety of different ways including a banded braid construction, cloth braid construction, flat braid construction and yarn braid construction. Banded braid constructions have wide bands of either solid colored or variegated braids made from predetermined patterns to offer an appealing, thick look. A cloth braid construction is indicative of a time when outgrown clothing was cut into strips and then hand braided into a floor covering. This particular construction is unique to one manufacturer, Thorndike Mills. A flat braid construction is a common construction as it's one of the easier and more classic methods. Simply intertwine three ropes of fabric and/or yarn, and you'll have yourself a braided rug. A yarn braid construction evolves from yarn in its initial state to a uniquely finished area rug.
Braiding is an extremely old yet versatile technique that has been modernized over recent decades to display its appeal and charm.
Usage examples of "braided rug".
The walls were painted a soft shade of blue, the floor was bare except for a braided rug next to the bed.
Two heavy blankets were folded at the foot of the bed, and an oval braided rug lay on the floor by the bed.
I think theres an old braided rug of Nanas up in the attic, Daphne called after them.
The priest offered a piece of bread to the boy, a dollop of butter plopping onto the braided rug.
Grandma's last and largest braided rug lay on the hearth, and her brass candlesticks adorned the bureau, over the mirror of which was festooned a white muslin skirt, tied up with Merry's red sash.
The wooden chair had been knocked over and the braided rug was askew.
Anna walked across the purple-and-gold braided rug to open the door for herself.
His own cabin had a braided rug by the bed-but his cabin was fall of Chisholms at the moment, or so he was informed.
The radio is playing Handle's Messiah, the teakettle rattles softly on the burner, the cat curls up on the braided rug.
They lay on their sides and backs on a braided rug, the die-cast metal bright in yellows and blues and greens in the dark, burned house.
I wetted some paper towels and tried to clean the hall, blood-smears on the linoleum which wasn't too clean, stained with years of dirt, as for the braided rug-it was so dirty, maybe nobody would notice.