A knotted wool carpet about three feet square, worked on an upright loom over weeks. In cold halls a carpet is more likely to hang on a wall or lie across a chest than to be walked on — the floor is for rushes, and wool underfoot rots. A carpet is a store of wealth that can be rolled up and carried, which is precisely its appeal in unsettled country.
Carpet, wool
Knotted wool carpet, three feet square; wall-hanging as often as floor covering.