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Vintage ANTIQUE 37" Inch Metal RUG BEATER With Wooden Handle - $15 (Marion)
condition:
good
size / dimensions:
37"L x 8.75"W x 1"D
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Hard to come by historically significant piece which sell upwards of $175 but get mine for a fraction of the price. I have another one up for sale on Craigslist (see last picture).
A carpet beater or carpetbeater (also referred to as a rug beater, carpet whip, rug whip, clothes-beater, dust beater, carpet duster, wicker slapper, rug duster, or pillow fluffer, and formerly also as a carpet cleaner or rug cleaner) is a housecleaning tool used to beat carpets in order to shake dust and dirt out of rugs. Usually made of wood, rattan, cane, wicker, spring steel or coiled wire, rug beaters were commonly used to beat dust and dirt out of rugs.
A carpet beater or carpetbeater is a housecleaning tool used to beat carpets in order to shake dust and dirt out of them. Originally designed by Melville R. Bissell in 1876, it was in common use until the vacuum cleaner became widely affordable.