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Definition of Brussels carpet
1. Noun. A carpet with a strong linen warp and a heavy pile of colored woolen yarns drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brussels Carpet
Literary usage of Brussels carpet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Brussels carpet, bordered, in the Persian ... Improved Brussels carpet, with new
arrangement for pile and texture. ... Brussels carpet. 354 Proprietors. ..."
2. History of the Origin of the Town of Clinton, Massachusetts, 1653-1865 by Andrew Elmer Ford (1896)
"THE Brussels carpet LOOM, AND THE LATER LIFE OF EB BIGELOW. AFTER a period of
rest spent in European travel, EB Bigelow returned to America and devoted ..."
3. Textiles: A Handbook for the Student and the Consumer by Mary Schenck Woolman, Ellen Beers Mcgowan (1920)
"Tapestry Brussels carpet is a poor imitation of the real Brussels. Many colors
are used in it. The design is made first on squared paper, the scheme of ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1858)
"Brussels carpet is so named from Brussels in Belgium, whence the style was ...
In the imperial Brussels carpet tho figure is raised above the ground of the ..."
5. The Health Exhibition Literature (1884)
"Pattern of Brussels carpet, with border. Designed by David Campbell, ... Pattern of
Brussels carpet. Designed by Herbert Robinson, Bali fax. ..."
6. Annual Report on the Statistics of Manufactures by Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics (1899)
"... Mr. Bigelow introduced the Brussels-carpet loom, which was the coach-lace loom
modified to adapt it for weaving wider fabrics in figures to match, and, ..."
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