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• The name given to a very elegant and cheap two-ply or ingrain carpet, the warp or weft being printed before weaving so as to produce the figure in the cloth.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

• A two-ply carpet, the pattern of which is produced by printing the warp or woof before weaving.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith