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Numdah Rugs
October 14, 1941
Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Susan Salser
Detroit, Michigan, United States
An adverstisement for Numdah rugs at Hudson's Department Store, Detroit.
Special! 600 Imported
Numdah Rugs
4x6 foot size 4.59
Rugs with all the romance and glamour of the East! Made in India by the natives, where the woolen fibres are placed under water, on smooth rounded stones... stamped by foot until somewhat massed together. Then, stretched on the river bank, they are further pounded with wooden paddles ... and finally left in the sun to bleach and dry into these firmly matted rugs. Exotically embroidered in several different patterns, and only 4.59!
Speical ! 2x3-foot Numdahs ...1.49
Special! 3x4-foot Numdahs...2.69
Hudson's - Second Basement - Woodward - Section E
Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.
Numdah Rugs
4x6 foot size 4.59
Rugs with all the romance and glamour of the East! Made in India by the natives, where the woolen fibres are placed under water, on smooth rounded stones... stamped by foot until somewhat massed together. Then, stretched on the river bank, they are further pounded with wooden paddles ... and finally left in the sun to bleach and dry into these firmly matted rugs. Exotically embroidered in several different patterns, and only 4.59!
Speical ! 2x3-foot Numdahs ...1.49
Special! 3x4-foot Numdahs...2.69
Hudson's - Second Basement - Woodward - Section E
Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.
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