The field guide · Kinds of rug
Hand-tufted rug
A hand-tufted rug is made by shooting yarn through a cloth stretched on a frame with a hand-held tufting gun; nothing is knotted. The loops are left or cut to form the pile, latex is spread over the back to hold them, and a second cloth covers the latex. A plain cloth back that hides the design usually means tufting; a knotted rug shows its rows of knots.
Also tufted rug · tufted carpet · gun-tufted
See also Pile rug (hand-knotted), Machine-made rug, Fringe, Foundation
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