A History of Tufted Rugs

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Carpet Capital: The Rise of a New South Industry

Carpet Capital: The Rise of a New South Industry

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Made by
Randall L. Patton with David B. Parker
Date
1999
Number
ISBN 9780820324647
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Themes
Machine tufting & Dalton

Cite this source

Randall L. Patton with David B. Parker. Carpet Capital: The Rise of a New South Industry. University of Georgia Press, 1999. ugapress.org/book/9780820324647/carpet-capital.

Research notes

History of the postwar tufted carpet industry around Dalton, Georgia (Barwick Mills, Galaxy Mills, Shaw Industries) and how tufting displaced Northeastern woven-wool makers. Core secondary source.