Textiles

Textiles for old house interior design, including period-appropriate carpets, rugs, floor coverings, pillows, bedding, table cloths, curtains, drapes, portieres and more.

Textiles

A review of the “unseen” floor coverings of early America challenges the myth that colonial homes were bare.

By Old House Journal

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They still make floorcloths.

Textiles

Fashions for windows in early homes run from the simplest homespun on a string, to fancier layered treatments.

At the Jonas More House, a large carpet is made of stitched lengths of birdseye carpet with a border in a Greek key design.

Textiles

A review of the “unseen” floor coverings of early America challenges the myth that colonial homes were bare.

Textiles

The textiles are woven on old looms. Many of the company's designs have been featured in period films.

Gold accents in the Empire table are set against a warm, period blue in the dining room at Ames Plantation in Tennessee; trim is classical white. Photo: Robt. Ames Cook

Interiors & Decor

The cannonball bed, with distinctive turnings for both head- and footboards, dates to the 1820–1850 period. This reproduction is from Circa Home Living, as are the coverlet, blanket, pillows, and hand-painted plantation box.

Furniture

Unlike the kitchen, the bedroom is an easy place to indulge in historical decorating and furniture.

Cooper’s Pine Cone pattern is at home in rustic, cottage-style, and Arts & Crafts houses.

Textiles

A full guide to choosing and caring for lace curtains.

Vivid color in a striped Venetian wool carpet at the Bump Tavern, Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown, New York. Photo: RIchard Walker

Textiles

Wool carpet is not only a historic choice for your home but an environmentally friendly interior flooring option.

Designer Barry Dixon applied batting and soft gray Rogers & Goffigon mohair to the walls of a New York City loft to absorb sound. The result is understated opulence.

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A newly reproduced list (rag) rug in the boys’ bedroom at Locust Grove (1792) in Louisville, Kentucky; S and Z twists in the stripes are common design elements. By The Weavery

Textiles

Carpets and rugs vary greatly in style and in cost. Here we take a look at various floor coverings in early homes.

Textiles

Rugs were an important part of Arts & Crafts houses. Far more than mere floor coverings, their colors, textures, and patterns helped integrate house and furnishings in the pursuit of a totally designed environment.