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Most of the old inventories from 1590, after mentioning the "framed" or "joyned" table, name the "carpett of Turky werke" which covered it, and in many cases there was still another covering to protect the best one, and when Frederick, Duke of Wurtemburg, visited England in 1592 he noted a very extravagant "carpett" at Hampton Court, which was embroidered with pearls and cost 50,000 crowns.
A table cloth in mediæval times was called a "carpett:" these were often very ornate, and it is useful to know that their use was not for floor covering, for the inventories often mention "carpetts" worked with pearls and silver tissue, which would have been singularly inappropriate. The Arabs introduced the art of carpet weaving into Spain.
A little side table upon a frame ijs. vd. A pair of virginalls with the frame xxxs. Sixe joyned stooles covr'd with nedle werke xvs. Sixe other joyned stooles vjs. One cheare of nedle worke iijs. iiijd. Two little fote stooles iiijd. One longe carpett of Turky werke vili. A shortte carpett of the same werke xiijs. iijd. One cupbord carpett of the same xs. Sixe quysshens of Turkye xijs.
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