Carpet



A carpet is a textile floor covering typically consisting of an upper layer of pile attached to a backing.

Quotes

 * The origin of carpet-making must be sought in Central Asia, where they were woven by Turkish nomads who then brought the technique with them to the Middle East.


 * A carpet is the soul of an apartment.
 * Edgar Allan Poe, "The Philosophy of Furniture" in The Gentleman's Magazine (1840:6), p. 267