Both these domestic rugs are from Navaho patterns. 
There is no rug which is so suitable in almost any place 
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of a darker tone of the same color or with a two-tone 
as the Axminster or Chenille with its richness and depth pattern which fills the body of the rug and is surrounded 
of surface and wide range of color 
tones. It fits in with almost any plan 
of decoration and makes an especially 
beautiful setting for many kinds of 
furniture. This carpet in plain or fig- 
ured surfaces, may of course be bought 
by the yard, and for years has been 
woven into rugs of various small sizes. 
Until lately it has not been possible to 
manufacture rugs of larger dimensions 
without a seam which has, of course, 
greatly marred their beauty of effect, 
but it is now possible to weave a rug 
twenty feet in width and any length 
desired without a seam. ‘These Chen- 
ille rugs are extremely durable on ac- 
count of their fine texture and high 
pile, and the fabric is particularly use- 
ful as a covering for stairs, for it is 
so closely or tightly woven that it does 
not open up or “grin” at all over the 
edges of the steps, but retains its 
close and velvety regularity. Rugs of 
this kind are also very useful in dining- 
rooms for particularly in some of the 
plain and darker colorings their sheen 
and luster form an effective  back- 
ground for the linen, silver, china and glass used upon the 
These rugs are made in solid colors with a border 
table. 
A rug of this sort, measuring thirty-six by sixty- 
three inches, will cost about $8 
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The Log-cabin rugs, vary in size from twenty-seven by fifty-four inches to nine by twelve feet, and in price from $1.10 to $9.75 
by a border of a solid color, usually 
the lighter of the tones used in the 
body. ‘The rugs with the plain center 
or body have the effect of increasing 
the apparent size of the rooms where 
they are used. ; 
Still another variety of these Chen- 
ille or Axminster rugs, is a reproduc- 
tion of the Oriental carpets such as 
Khivas, Serebands, Bokharas, Hama- 
dans and some varieties of the rugs 
which are woven in China. There are 
several grades, the difference in price 
being due to a slight variation in the 
quality of the wool used but the differ- 
ence in cost as in wearing qualities is 
insignificant and such rugs are priced 
at from five dollars for the smallest 
size to fifty dollars for a stock pattern 
nine by tweve feet. 
The ever-popular Wilton appears 
this year in a greater variety of pat- 
terns and a wider range of sizes than 
ever. There are many beautiful adap- 
tation of French designs which are 
particularly useful for furnishing 
rooms of the various French periods. 
Some very interesting Persian patterns are also to be had, 
and the reproduction of Oriental patterns has been more 
