Eleanor's sister-in-law Nancy Swearingen wrote in a letter that;

"Mr. Worthington has got a Brussels Carpet for the drawing room."

In her will Eleanor mentioned Brussels carpet in the dinning room as well. Brussels Carpet is a carpet having a back made of stout linen thread with an upper surface of worsted wool yarn raised to form the pile and not cut.

“Brussels carpets are not made in large squares, but in pieces about seven eights wide. The basis is composed of a warp and woof of strong linen thread; worsted threads are also interwoven, which are formed into loops by means of wires; and these form the pattern, the linen threads not being visible on the surface. When well made they are very durable, and being at the same time elegant, they are at present much in request for the good apartments.”

(From, Thomas Webster, An Encyclopaedia Of Domestic Economy
(New York, 1845).p. 255)

For the Adena restoration, historic furnishings consultant William Seale designed a handsome carpet for the Drawing Room and Dining Room.

The garland medallion in the center of the drawing room is especially evocative of the classical influences on American design of the period. Americans compared their new nation and its representative government to the ancient Roman Republic and to Athenian democracy.

“In laying down carpets, the most complete way is to fit them into all the recesses of the room; but this is also the most expensive. . . The colour of carpets should be well attended to; . . . In the richest carpets, intended for the best apartments, the style is usually gay and splendid.”

(From, Thomas Webster, An Encyclopaedia Of Domestic Economy
(New York, 1845).p. 256)

Ingrain: a carpet in which the pattern goes through and through and can be seen on both sides, as distinguished from carpets, such as Axminster and Brussels, in which the pattern appears on the upper surface only.

“Where economy is an object, the carpet may be square or oblong, according to the shape of the room, but not fitted into the recesses; and the boards round the sides may be left bare, or be painted in oil or covered with oilcloth, etc.”

(From, Thomas Webster, An Encyclopaedia Of Domestic Economy
(New York, 1845).p. 256)