jan 1, 1699 - carpet

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Originally a thick fabric, commonly of wool, a kind of table-cloth but used to cover tables, beds, stools, and even windows. <i>c</i>.1537 <i>iiij carpettes for covering of tables</i>, Halifax (YRS45/188); 1557 <i>to William my son a counter & the carpet lyeing on it</i>, Pontefract (Th27/66); 1559 <i>The great chamber ... a table with a carpet</i>, Hipswell (SS26/133); 1578 <i>one little stoole of carpitt worke</i>, Ripley (SS104/132); 1620 <i>34 yerds of carpett worke from Norrage</i> [Norwich?] <i>at 5s the yerd </i>(NYRO44/209); 1669 <i>12 chairs, a table, a carpitt</i>, Elmswell (DW/242).

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