LUXURIOUS N.Z. CARPETS LEAD OVERSEAS SWING TO WOOL
A New Zealand carpet in pure new wool is now the top-selling design in many leading Sydney retailers. This particular carpet is made in Auckland by U.E.B. Textiles Ltd., and it, with other New Zealand carpets, is leading a swing back to all-wool carpeting throughout Australia.
Imports of New Zealand I wool into the United I States also increased strong- I ly in 1968, following a sub- I stantial falloff in recent I years, and in the UX. wool I established a new record for I carpet usage last year. ■ Says Mr. Peter Heap, the I New Projects Manager of the I Australian Wool Board: I “Wool is very definitely | showing its superiority as a I carpet fibre, and, with the I commercial building boom in I Australia, more and more I architects and designers are I specifying all-wool or pre- I dominantly wool blends. * I Following the success of I New Zealand-made all-wool I carpets in Australia, the Wool i Board is now sponsoring a I Woolmark carpet and furnish- fl ing fabric promotion through- I oat the Commonwealth. I
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31985, 12 May 1969, Page 11
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