United States National Museum Bulletin 250 



Contributions from 

 The Museum of History and Technology 



Paper 59, pages 1-64 



FLOOR COVERINGS IN 18th-CENTURY AMERICA 



Kodris Roth 



INTRODUCTION 3 



TYPES OF FLOOR COVERINGS 4 



SALE OF FLOOR COVERINGS 49 



MISCELLANEOUS USES 51 



MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP 54 



SELECTION OF FLOOR COVERINGS 54 



CONCLUSION 58 



Smithsonian Press 



Washington, D.C. 



1967 



