Carpet Ideas

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18757, 13 July 1935, Page 10

Carpet Ideas

I A^> t exhibition which was opened in London in May was designed' to show what could bo done in the way of modernising Indian carpets. For some months the carpet buyer had been experimenting with modern designs and colourings and had achieved some very satisfactory and interesting results. One could now see a very large range of hand-made Indian carpets in colors and designs completely re moved from the all-over patterns which had previously been characteristic of this type of carpet. One of tlt-e difficulties has been the slowness of the Indian mind to pick up the new idea. The Chinese, for instance, are muck quicker. Judging by results, however, the effort has been worth while. Some o.f the most effective carpets are in plain colour with an edge of straight bands ol' the deeper tones. Others have an arrangement of wavy lines in colors contrasting with the ground of pile and an added lustre in the.w.ool which is, not obtainable in an English made carpet. In some other carpets the old type of pattern has been adhered to, but is carried' out in less crude colorings. To make the decoration problem very simple some of these carpets were in designs for which there were curtain fabrics to match.