How to buy rugs

An auction of the contents of one house conducted by a reliable auction firm in which there may be a few fine rugs is a horse of a different color.

But never buy unless you have had a chance to examine the rug carefully beforehand and have some real knowledge of its value.

Many a woman with fastidious and individual tastes, and also many decorators, have sometimes asked that a stock design in a machine-made carpet be woven with a different color scheme especially to order.

Or she has wanted an old carpet copied or a certain historic or modern design reproduced. It can be done, but when she hears the price she is staggered.