The dark furniture was set stiffly back against the walls, the floor was covered with a velvet carpet of rich, dark colors, and oil portraits were hung about in heavy gold frames.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
The floor was covered with an exceedingly dusty carpet, and a rug or two.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
She disappeared in the hall with light footsteps, and Glenning, with his eyes set intently upon the worn Brussels carpet in front of him, awaited her return.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey