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Interesting Facts About Carpets and Cleaning

Interesting Facts About Carpets Where do they come from? Etymology? What are their types? Do you know that.. ? ORIGIN It's believed that the knotted pile carpet likely originated in the 3rd or 2nd millennium BC in West Asia, perhaps the Caspian Sea area or the Armenian Highland. Love The earliest found pile carpet is the "Pazyryk carpet", which dates from 'the 5th-4th century 'BC. It 'was excavated by archaeologists in 1949 from a Pazyryk burial mound in the Altai Mountains located in Siberia. People who migrate from Turkestan to the west (the Caucasus, Persia, Anatolia), to fhe east (China and later to India) extended the art of carpet making to the natives of these areas. This complete range of locations is known as the Oriental Carpet Belt. Etymology & Usage The term "carpet" comes from Óld French "carpite", from Old Italian # 1 # 2 The translation of the word carpet from Persian "carpita", "carpire" meaning means "rough blanket' to pluck (gelim, p5) definition Another "carpet" is a piece of woven fabric stretching from wall to wall of The term "carpet" is often used as a synonym of the term "rug" A way to distinct between a carpet and a rug is that former is permanently fixed in place while the latter is simply laid out on the floor In 18th century in Europe, the term was also applied to table and wall coverings, as carpets were not used on the floor Carpet Types Woven Knotted Needle Felt Tufted Flatweave Hooked Rug The stomach bug virus can live in a carpet for more than four weeks #3 Vacuuming for 30 minutes can burn about 125 calories Interesting facts about carpets and cleaning #4 If you want to brighten your carpet, then sprinkle salt over it and let it sit for an hour. Just vacuum it up afterwards #5 When carpets are properly maintained and cleaned, they may actually be good for allergy sufferers #7 Bacteria could live more than four weeks on the #6 Each year, several pounds of soil can accumulate in and under your carpet carpet and thanks to the "bacterial adhesion' they are immediately transferred to the food #1 Most carpets are 4,000 times dirtier than a toilet seat. Also, they are about 7 times dirtier than the average city street #9 A carpet should be professionally cleaned every 12 to 18 months #8 The first invented vacuums were so large that they took three people to operate them Tantartio Cleaners SOURCES http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpet Fantastic Cleaners Perth http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/08/03_carpet.html www.FantasticCleanersPerth.com.au

Interesting Facts About Carpets and Cleaning

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The earlier carpet was produced 2,500 years ago. In 17th century was opened the trade of Persian rugs. Today, carpets are a masterpiece, so we should carefully clean and maintain them.

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