304 CARPET MANUFACTURE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



ITALY. 

 FLORENCE. 



REPORT BY VICE-CONSUL BERNARDI. 



The only distinct establishment engaged in the manufacture of carpets 

 in this district, worthy of remark, among several very limited mills for 

 the production of mats, is managed by the firm of " Eredi di Luisa 

 Parenti, No. 100, Via Borgo Allegri, Florence, Italy," where are to be 

 found fifty hand looms, applied to comparatively coarse and jute carpets. 



About one hundred workmen find wage employment in the manufact- 

 ure of carpet at the daily rate of from 60 cents to $1 for males and 20 to 

 60 cents for females for ten hours of labor. 



As a rule these workmen are poorly fed and miserably housed, being 

 employed at their homes. Their food may be estimated at 18 cents per 

 diem, consisting of bread, 6 cents ; coffee, 1 cent; salted pork, 2 cents ; 

 cheese or fruit, 2 cents; flour paste, 3 cents; beans, cabbage and pota- 

 toes,, 4 cents; wine, 3 cents. 



The dyeing and spinning are attended to at Prato (a small town half 

 hour distant by rail from Florence), and the weaving in this city, but 

 conducted unitedly. 



The carpets are placed upon the Italian markets only and directly 

 from the factory by the factors, or through bagmen. 



SPIRITO BERNARDI, 

 Vice and Deputy Consul. 



UNITED STATES CONSULATE, 



Florence, August 9, 1889. 



LOMBARDY. 



REPORT BY CONSUL CROUCH, OF MILAN. 



As far as I can ascertain this industry is of very little importance 

 in Italy. Other than the establishments mentioned below, there are" said 

 to be only two or three small manufactories in Turin and in Florence. 

 The carpets sold here come mainly from England and Vienna; a smaller 

 quantity is imported from France, Belgium, and Germany. 



Number of mills. As far as I can learn there are only three mills in 

 this district, viz, Giacomo Giacomini, via Quadrouno 19, Milan; Vedova 

 Galizioli and Figlio Carlo, via Nerino 5, Milan ; Galizioli Ernesto. 



Number of looms. Giacomo Giacomini, twenty looms; Yedova Gali- 

 zioli, ten looms ; Galizioli Ernesto, four looms. These are all hand- 

 looms. 



Quality of the carpets. The product of these establishments is an in- 



