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Rise and Fall of Civilization
Involved In Them; Rec
ord Not Full
In rug's, the history of the world »s
writteijk. The rise and fall of civiliza
tion, the ups and downs of the human
race, the loves and arts and wars of
humanity since the world began, are
traceable in the rugs we have on our
floors.
There is no dependable record of
when the weaving of rugs began. Pro
bably the first rugs were mere mats
of plaited reeds and grasses spread
on the floors of caves to protect pri
mitive housewives from the chill of
cold stone. The first historically au
thentic record that we have comes
from the land of the lotus and the
Nile. From this same country, and
others nearby, come romantic legends
of rugs—the Queen of Sheba spread
ing priceless rugs at the feet of
Solomon on her historical visit, Cleo
patra wrapped in an exquisite carpet,
borne through lines of watchful
guards into the presence of the elusive
Caesar. Certainly the story of rugs is
one of the great romance of all times.
Conquests Told In Designs.
Even in the earliest records there is
an air of royalty and religious signi
ficance to rugs. A family was known
by the rugs it owned. Rug owners
had a distinction that set them apart
from the common herd. Only rulers
and chosen priests knew the luxury
of protected floor. How different to
day, when even the lowliest home may
have a beautiful rug on its floor. This
much abused machine age of ours has
its points!
The conquests of Medes and Per
sians, of the Saracens and the Moors
and all the rest are reflected in the
store of rugs. It was the comquering
Moors, invading Spain from their
stronghold in northern Africa who
first brought the art of fine rug weav
ing to Europe. The Moors .grounded
themselves with magnificent splendor,
built castles almost beyond belief in
beauty and grandeur and left a very
definite mark on the race whom they
overpowered. It was largely due to the
influence of these dark-skinned, beau
ty loving vanals that centuries later
Queen Eleanor of Castile took to Eng
land among her v/edding treasures
beautiful rugs from Cordova and
Granada.
But impressed as England was by
these rugs, it was not until 350 years
later that rug making in England
really made progress. Looms were es
tablished in Mortlake, in Surrey, but
it was at Wilton that the manufac
ture Os pile carpets became a real
success. These carpets were the an
cestors of those that to this day are
known as Wiltons.
Though carpet weaving started in
Europe in the middle ages it was not
until the ninteenth century that any
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but the crudest of hand looms were
used. All even silks, were
woven by hand. Then, one day, an in
spired Frenchman named Joseph
Marie Jacquard perfected the
ment for looms which still bears his
name.
Napoleon Pensions Inventor.
It was Jacquard who brought with
in the reach of average people the
beauty and luxury of silks and rugs
and carpet draperies and damask
table linen. The Emperor Napoleon,
realizing the great value of the inven
tion, bought, it personally, pensioned
the inventor and gave hi.' lcoms to the
world. Certainly a gesture worthy of
of an emperor! The Jacquard looms
of this efficient machine age, on
which were woven many of the love
liest rugs we use are still built on the
principles invented by this genius of
the ninteenth cent :ry.
In the rugs that ore woven in Am
erica today, we ha< -3 the high spots of
design, coloring, history, race con
quests, inventive genius since the hu
man race began. Too history of the
world is at our feet and we walk on
the glory that was Rome, and Baby
lon and Spain! What an age we live;
in.
Religious Significance Also
Practically all early designs had a
religious significance. The sacred tree,
found in the design history of nearly,
every race, signified knowledge, im
mortal 5 *.” r r '* —region, power. The
circle and crescent of the Chi
nese represented, respectively, the sun
and moon, emblems of eternity to
these sun and moon worshippers. Ani
mals, as found in the art of various
races, may signify anything from re
surrection to death, vanity to power,
viciousness to a happy married life.
Even in these modern days of ours,
amonf certain primitive peoples, de
sign has religious significance. With
in a decade two Navajo squaws danc
ed with religious common a whole
night through to free themselves from
the “evil spirit” who had taken pos
session of them because they had
woven the forbidden serpent into a
rug. ,
ALCOVE IDEAL SPOT
FOR “COFFEE GROUP
Fortunate, indeed, is the owner of
a dining room with an alcove or bay
window—for thereby a delightful
“coffee group” is made possible. This
may be built around a tea cart and
two chairs, or a low bench and a
graceful coffee table on which the
pewter or silver service may be laid.
1937 HOMES SURPASS
THOSE OF YEARS /
Compared to present day standards
the homes of our mother’s day—beau
tiful through they were—are bound
to seem monotonous. Specialization
has done much for homes of the 1937
variety.
Special for Babies!
A recessed seat to permit even the
youngest child to bend the knees and
make use of the step, a feature of
a new high chair that is finding favor
with many mothers.
HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1937
H. A. MASON SECRE
TARY-TREASURER OF
CHRISTIAN HAR
WARD STORES
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Believing as we do that a man s
home is hss palace, Christian-Har
ward furniture store welcomes cus
tomers to furnish their palaces by
the universally approved method of
using their credit, and to aid cus
tomers who desire the services, Mr.
H. A. Mason, a man of wide exper
ience and of friendly disposition has
extended to the Henderson store the
same credit policy he has established
in the home stores. Mr. Mason who
is Secretary-Treasurer of the Chris
tian-Harward Company has had wide
experience in the furniture business,
having been with the corporation foi
ten years in that capacity. Mr. Mason
came to Durham from Fayetteville,
N. C., in 1910 and found that the
Carolina people were a stable folk
and has learned to love promptness
and stability and the home life char
acteristics of the average Carolinian.
Mr. Mason is enthused over the plan
of expansion as being carried out in
Henderson and plans to attend the
formal opening. “Already we have
heard many compliments and we ex
pect to ce able to serve our friends in
a more efficient way than they have
been served in the past” asserted Mr.
Mason. He already has reorganized
the office of Christian-Harward to
include the Henderson store and has
extended the many new features
which benefit greatly the large num
ber of persons who are using that
firms convenient and pleasing budget
plan of furnishing those future homes
NEW MIRRORS SHOULD
MEET PERIOD STYLE
Be sure that the mirror you pur
chase will harmonize with your fur
niture, whether it be French, modern.
18th Century English, or Colonial.
Mirrors are now offered in many
new styles. Small mirrors, sold in
pairs, to be used over commodes, are
said to be popular.
NEW BEDDING DEPARTMENT FEATURES
AMERICA’S BEST
One of the outstanding features of
the new Christian-Harward furniture
store will be the large amount of em
phasis given to national quality lines
of bedding equipment. No one pur
chase can be more important than
bedding since their permanent health
is involved. Good bedding equipment
ROOM SEE RUGS”
MARK NEW TREND
Custom-Made Effects Offer
ed by Carpet Industry as
1937 Contribution
To Home
A new era has dawned in wol pile
floor coverings! It makes possible
c.ustomr-made effects for every room.
Rugs to fit rooms are latest contri
bution of the forward-looking carpet
and rug industry.
Not every woman can wear a size
16 dress; and not every floor can take
a 9x12 rug. The good news is that in
most stores today you will find that
you can purchase the color and pat
tern of rug, you like in form 20 to
25 sizes. If your room lon gand nar
row? Short and wide? Does it have an
awkward alcove or L? Wculd you like
to match the hall floor covering to
the living room? Then the new room
size rugs are the answer.
A lot of women would like to know
just what is the proper size of rug.
NEW BEDDING SHOP \
SIMMONS $3 PAYS FOR IT
Price $39.50 Can en J°y the rest apd comfort of the new Simmons Beauty
(Cash or Credit) rest mattress at our new low opening day terms of just
$3;00 per month. s -
THIS OFFER GOOD FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY
is a tremendous aid to a convalescent
as a health restorer. The complete
line of quality bedding will include the
best from Simmons Beautyrest Mat
tress, Ace Spring to other nationally
advertising and known sle?p products.
And studio couches and davenports
which make comfortable beds.
In general, decorators recommend
that the rug be of a size to leave on
ly a narrow border of bare floor on
all four sides. This .border of bare
floor preferably should be about one
foot wide, should not exceed 18 in
ches. If the room is of such dimen
sions that an equal border is not pos
sible all around, keep the borders on
opposite sides equal. In other words,
center the rug on the floor, and if the
borders of bare floor on the sides and
the end are not exactly the same
width, it will still look right, provided
the difference is not too great.
Os course, if you are a real sticker
and if your ‘room is of such propor
tions that none of the many standard
rug sizes will do, you can always have
a rug cut from 9, 12 or 15 foot broad
loom to just the length you want.
Generally speaking, there are few
rooms that will not benefit from this
new development of an increased num
ber of sizes from which to choose.
Suppose, for instance, you have a
dining alcove that opens up directly
from the living room. You want to
keep an effect of unity between the
two roms. Identical broadloom carpet
in both rooms is one solution. An
other is to select the same pattern of
floor plan rug in the right size for
both rooms.
Both plain and patterned effects
are available in any many standard
sizes.
IT MAKES
62 MILLION SPRINGS OLD FASHIONED
Sixty two million springs were made old fashioned by this
new Simmons Ace Spring. A new idea in spring comfort
and ipnerspring mattress support to be found in the new
Simmons Ace spring pictured above. Finely tempered coil
springs attached together by helical coils and steel bars in
sure you a life time construction and the scientific arrange
ment guarantees sleeping comfort. Discard your old springs
and install the new Simmons Ace. *
CHRISTIAN-HARWARD
Furniture Company