Rugs of Germany

Though weaving was an ancient craft in Germany, little is known about her early carpets. Distinguished styles of decoration, with the minor exception of Biedermeier, have never been originated in Germany.

Probably her floorcoverings were copied from the Oriental, and later from the French. Only in the nineteenth cen­tury did she make any contributions to carpet history.

We are in debt to her primarily for her fine, fast dyes. Before the first World War, practically all the good dyes used in America had to be imported from Germany. Since that time we have developed our own