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  2. Thomasville Furniture Industries - Wikipedia

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    Starting with the Spring 2011 High Point Furniture Market, Thomasville Furniture Industries moved its showroom space from Thomasville to the International Home Furnishings Center. [4] The five-story 225,000-square-foot former headquarters building, which was built in 1958 on East Main Street in Thomasville and also housed Drexel Heritage , was ...

  3. Shag (fabric) - Wikipedia

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    Close-up of the pile of a shag carpet, including two popular colors of the 1970s: avocado and harvest gold. A shag is a heavy worsted textile with a long pile. In the 17th century, the term was also used to refer to inferior silk material. [1] [2] Shag became popular as a material for carpets in the 1960s and 1970s. [3]

  4. Scandinavian rugs - Wikipedia

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    Rya rugs, for example, are woven with a combination of techniques that include weaving tapestry, needlework, and carpet knots. [6] Traditionally, Scandinavian Rya rugs were hand-made by artisans who would add symmetric Turkish (or Ghiordes) knots directly to the warp through a specially woven backing. Small holes in the weave allowed the rug ...

  5. Oriental rug - Wikipedia

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    As is the case with Oriental rugs, adaptation to the export market has brought forth devastating effects on the culture of rug weaving. In the case of Turkmen carpet weavers, globalization has alienated many weavers from their own forms of artistic expression and their cultural heritage is now on the global market. [ 76 ]

  6. Flokati rug - Wikipedia

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    Flokati are often made from wool. Flokati were popular in the 1970s. [2] The word first appeared in English in 1967. [3] The term was created by the Greek Ministries of Finance, Industry, and Commerce to apply to a rug with certain specifications: hand woven in Greece, made of 100% wool (warp, weft, and pile), with total weight of at least 1800 grams of wool per square meter.

  7. Dhurrie - Wikipedia

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    A dhurrie (also dhurri, durrie, durry or dari) is an Indian or Pakistani handwoven rug or a thin flat carpet, an item of home furnishing. The dhurries have unique designs inspired by the state of origin such as multicolor stripes, one of the most popular patterns. Dhurrie weaving was a big industry in rural India.