THE COST OF CARPETS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 76, 23 December 1907, Page 3

THE COST OF CARPETS.

Wool lias gone down in price, but English' " .manufacturers are still affected by the . high : prices that ruled last season',' and the cost of carpets has been advanced by, ■ sixpence a yard. Fortunately for our customers, instead of sendiug Home" 6mall ■ • orders from time to time, we had ordered > "." a whole "year's stock, which-we secured before- tho price was increased, and wo can, therefore, sell them at tho old price. Wo. ' have now a very fine selection -of carpet, squares-iii 6everal varieties.. •' . Axminster' carpet squares, in beautifully.; ■ blended colours, and in self-coloured desisjis,' we". se!!''at' the ,following prices:— . 9ft. by 10ft. 6in., from ..'. £7 10 0 10ft. Gin. by 12ft, from ... £10 0 0 ".o - . 10ft. Gin. .by 13ft Gin., from £12 10 0 • 13ft. Gin. by 12ft,'from ... £12 16 6 . ■ ,12ft by 15ft, from ... ... £14'-, 7 6 : . We have also very beautiful Axminster—• . carpets,' to bo made into, squares to suit : 'purchasers; and the price, of course, there- '■'•■ 'fore,'vary. "'.' " We' have gorgeous Hbzapore''carpets at ' ■■" "12ft by 9ft, from ...... £9 10 0 :> ~Hft. by 10ft, from ,£9 15 .0 '■";. For those .who cannot afford the real Mir-. zaporo square wo have an .imitation miado ' in Japan, in tho same. bright glowing col- : ours, and at a very much lower price. For - instance, a square 12ft by 12ft. would • cost from 675. Gd. ■ . ; And Kidderminster squares for bedrooms at prices beginning at, 9ft'by'9ft, 275. 6d.., Thcso are made, m a variety of colours, • '■'.i cooMboking blues and greys, in reds and mingled-colours. .■■■.-. - N We have very handsome Axminster stair '"■.'■ carpets'at prices from 6s; to 12s. 6d. per, yard. •■ '.-•", - - ■ "'■■'..:: LINOLEUMS. ' . : '" " T . ;'"■'. Our stock of linoleums is as artistic- and '" varied as our carpet stock. 'The virtues ';" of'tho inlaid tile.pattern are well known. . - .These do hot show dust marks, and they. ,-."." wear evenly till the last, because each '• colour is stamped right. through to the ■-•"•. back., They are .more expensive than the painted linoleums, but are much more artistic, and in their durability .well'worth tho extra money., Other linoleums in ' '- which' tho colour is 'stamped right through are the Oriental ones,' and the parquetry. ' Tlie Oriental are mado in mo rich colours, and the designs Turkey carpets, and' would . do admirably for smoking-rooms or dining- ; ' rooms. Theso wo can.supply atjis. 6d. and Gs. 6d. a. yard. , . . There ore also linoleums in very handsome . Art designs at 4s. 3d., ss. 6d,, and" 6s. 6d. .per.square yard. •....■ . ..'•'. Then wo have inlaid linoleums in a sort of ■ -!softened ' effect,, not clearly cut. like the " familiar trie designs. a . ,' And,a new lino is the plain matting' effect ''•.. ; in.a cheaper linoleum, which wo stock- in : red, cream, and green.The,,latest idea in linoleums is the parquetry flooring. These are in imitation , ,of oak parquetry floorings really an admir--1 ;able imitation. They are specially adapted . ' for halls and dining-rooms, but in a drawingroom,. \witb. an Oriental carpet square in ': , tho-centre, they''would look very effective and would set off tho rich colours of the carpet,-. . ~,■ ~:. ." ' Yet another linoleum-like floor covering is ■the. cork carpet, which is most suitable for bedrooms, as it is not cold to tho feet like ordinary linoleum, and,-as a matter of fact, it is made of some preparation of cork. The plain cork carpet, in shades ' of. green and red, and dark blue, is very suitable for offices, especially if there were a carpet square in tho'centra. ■'.■■'■ We have this plain at 3s. 3d., 4s. 3d,, and ■■ ss. 3d. per yard, and in art- designs at 4s. per yard, . CURTAILS. - ■> '•••••■ . If you want curtains, you probably'want casement curtains, as those are more used ;• . , now than anything-else, quaint and pretty -''■ •■■ little curtains hanging from top to bottom • , of tlie' window pane. We have a very good yr range of casement cloths. We have.plain_/ ; silky 'cloth, a' double width material of 52in. width, at ss. 3d. a yard. Stencilled ... cream cloth, - "'of" the same' width! from ' 2s. 9d. to ss. 9d. a yard. Holland case- ■ • iuent, in grass green, art blue, and self ; colour, at 4s. a yard., ■■. Then .we .have 'Madras, curtains, ' plain, ■' tasselled, and. : frilled; from Is, 6d.',to'4s. 6d. per,yard.-.