Article: HOOKED RUGS TODAY

Article: HAND-HOOKED RUGS CATCH ON; THE CATEGORY OFFERS ...
HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network;  July 6, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... products from India as well, hand-hooked rugs represent one of the rug categories ... Department Stores, said, "Hand-hooked rugs are a meaningful category for us, and ... the marketplace. But in general, the hooked rugs offer a greater perceived value because ...

Article: HAND-HOOKED RUGS CATCH ON; THE CATEGORY OFFERS ...
HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network;  July 6, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... products from India as well, hand-hooked rugs represent one of the rug categories ... Department Stores, said, "Hand-hooked rugs are a meaningful category for us, and ... the marketplace. But in general, the hooked rugs offer a greater perceived value because ...

Article: HOOKED RUGS SNAG SALES WITH STYLING.(Brief Article)
HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network;  February 7, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... construction means that in some cases, hooked rugs are competing directly with machine ... lot of wonderful designs out there in hooked rugs -- and what is selling particularly ... he is excited about new wool and silk hooked rugs that have been introduced but are not ...

Article: HOOKED RUGS ARE WOVEN INTO AMERICAN HISTORY.(AT ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 21, 2001 ;     688 words ... ... FRANCES INGRAHAM HEINS Staff writer Hooked rugs have nearly as long a history in the ... as the country itself. The heydey of hooked rugs was during the mid-19th century in ... brought over by voyagers and sailors. Hooked rugs originally covered beds and other pieces ...

Article: American hooked rugs.(Current and ...
The Magazine Antiques;  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... American home were textiles such as hooked rugs, although they did provide insulation ... Art UnderFoot: The Story of Waldoboro Hooked Rugs, it includes some forty-five examples ... easiest way to distinguish yam-sewn from hooked rugs is to compare the backs, for the two ...

Article: Cottage crafted: Cottage-industry antique hooked ...
Country Living;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Similar antique hooked rugs, embellished with charming rural ... rather than personal use, the hand-hooked rugs were prestamped with stenciled patterns ... century. By 1900, selling hand-hooked rugs had become a popular means to supplement ...

Article: Hooked rugs.(antiques)
Country Living;  February 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... regard is their legacy of decorative hooked rugs, among them animal-themed examples ... was the influx of cheap factory-made hooked rugs, and these machine-woven designs ... Greenstein American Antiques, it's the old hooked rugs--at least the really great ones ...