Rug making history

A cheaper and definitely inferior rug was made before the war in Japan. Recently a hand-hooking industry has been started in Mexico.

Several commercial firms in the United States make hooked rugs, but it is for the most part still a home industry in Canada and New England. A good many run-of-the-mill and an occa­sional superb rug find their way into the market.

There is also a growing number of organizations in this coun­try sponsoring a revival of American handcrafts, notably in New England and the South.

Some fine hooked rugs in the old designs are made under their sponsorship.