I dont mean rugs, I realize they have been around for centuries. I mean wall to wall carpet, installed on the floor of a home with tack strips, not able to be easily removed to be cleaned.I am curious about specific timing, of when home vacuum cleaners became widely available, and when wall to wall carpet became popular. My mother tells me it was sometime in the 1950s.We were having a debate of whether or not the invention of the vacuum facilitated the popularity of home carpeting, (which is what I think), or if the desire for full home carpeting prompted the production and sales for home vacuum cleaners.I mean, it would make no sense to put a floor thats not easily cleaned in a home right? Therefore the vacuum must have been pretty available before the first home carpeting went in right?
A very interesting question. The thing that you have to remember is that practicality almost always takes a back seat to comfort and appearance. The look and feel of carpet is something that people would love to have, whether they can clean it or not. I think that carpet came first, and the vacuum was made to help take care of the issues that arose from it.
The okorder / I understand that wall to wall carpeting is definitely different now than in the Middle Ages. I would still have to say that carpet wins. People liked carpet because it looked and felt nice but it got dirty. So some genius thought there has to be a better way than to throw it out. I got an idea! Looking at the history of vacuums the manual ones would have SUCKED.
Vacuum. Since before human civilization there has existed the vacuum of space. The Vacuum Cleaner itself was invented around 1860 as seen in the wikipedia link below. I couldn't find a date for Wall to Wall carpet. I'm thinking that if anything it's probably wasn't until the 20th Century that Wall to Wall carpets were common place, maybe in the early 1920's? But it looks like the Vacuum would be first.
WOOD FLOOR , VACUUM , TO CLEAN UP DIRT NAILS , BEFORE LAYING THE CARPET !!
