276 CARPET MANUFACTURE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



of hangings of all kinds has been brought to such perfection, manufact- 

 urers are often induced to make the production of carpets, properly 

 so called, a part only of their business. 



The chief centers for the manufacture of carpets, exclusive of the 

 Government ones, are at Aubusson and ia the department of the Nord. 



NAMES OF MANUFACTURERS. 



The following are some of the best houses in France: Messrs. 

 Braguenie et Cie, at Aubusson: Paris house, 16 Rue Vivienne. Messrs. 

 G. and R. Hamot, at Aubusson ; Paris house, 75 Rue de Richelieu. 

 Messrs. Croc, pere et fils, and A. Jorrand, at Aubusson ; Paris house, 

 12 Rue Cle'ry. Messrs. Sallaudroze freres, at Felletin, near Aubusson j 

 Paris house, 36 Rue des Jeuueurs. Messrs. A. L. Dupont et Com- 

 pagnie and William, Tetard, L'aine et Rupp, both at Beauvais. 



The manufactories of Bernard Welcomme, Auguste Johnville-Rav- 

 esteyn-Rudent are at Roubaix. Those belonging to Raymond Par- 

 mentier Moulin Pipart, Messrs. Rambaud and Monuier, and Messrs. 

 Lorthiois freres, are at Turcoing. Both these towns are in the depart- 

 ment of the Nord. It is impossible to obtain any complete figures re- 

 lating to the number of looms in the different French establishments. 

 They are not to be found at the ministry of commerce, and the manu- 

 facturers to whom application has been made for data have almost 

 unanimously declined to give any After a great deal of sesearch we 

 can only obtain a more or less correct estimate. 



The comparative number of hand and steam looms in use depends on 

 the extent of the establishment in which they are found. As a general 

 rule, the number of hand looms exceeds that of steam, ones in the pro- 

 portion of about four to one. 



GRADES OF CARPETS MADE. 



The quantity of carpets of first-rate quality manufactured in France 

 is slightly smaller than that of carpets of inferior quality. Carpets of 

 almost every conceivable kind are made in France. The demand for 

 Oriental carpets is steadily increasing, and vigorous efforts have been 

 made by several well-known French houses to produce some of the best 

 Oriental carpets that have ever been placed on the market. Monsieur 

 Ferdinand Leborgne, who has an important establishment at L annoy, 

 in the department of the !S~ord, is probably second to none in chis 

 respect. 



WORKMEN EMPLOYED. 



The number of men employed in the manufacture of carpets is very 

 considerable. Aubusson has some one thousand six hundred or two 

 thousand of them, distributed among ten or twelve different houses. 

 A large number of hands are also employed at Les Gobelins and at 

 Beauvais. Though Paris is the center of great industrial activity, it is 

 far from taking the first rank for the manufacture of carpets. 



