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Though rya means "rug" in English, the original meaning in Sweden of rya was a bed cover with a knotted pile. [3] The first ryas originated in the early fifteenth century as coarse, long-piled, heavy covers used by mariners instead of furs. [4] As time progressed, the rugs have evolved to be lighter and more colorful. [4]
An oriental rug is a heavy textile made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purposes and produced in "Oriental countries" for home use, local sale, and export. Oriental carpets can be pile woven or flat woven without pile, [1] using various materials such as silk, wool, cotton, jute and animal hair. [2]
Historical floorcloths varied in size. They might cover a smaller space as an area rug does today, they might be of a size to reach wall to wall, or they might be of a size to be placed under a dining table to protect a costly carpet. These small protective floorcloths were called "covers" in the 18th century and "druggets" in the 19th. [1]: 14
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Close-up of the pile of a shag carpet, including two popular colors of the 1970s: avocado and harvest gold. A shag is a heavy long piled worsted textile. In the 17th century, the term was also used to refer to inferior silk material. [1] [2] Shag became popular as a material for carpets in the 1960s and 1970s. [3]