Stragula
Stragula (from Latin stragulum = "carpet", "blanket") is an imitation linoleum . It consists of cardboard impregnated with tar (bitumen cardboard), which is preferably printed with differently colored, thickened oil paints in different patterns. Stragula was made by Deutsche Linoleum-Werke and was cheaper than linoleum. It was mainly sold by the meter to cover entire rooms; But there were also stragula runners or pieces whose patterns mimicked those of oriental carpets . Since the 1970s it has been largely supplanted by the plastic PVC because it was cheaper to produce and, on top of that, more durable. Stragula was often cared for incorrectly, with floor brooms and floor wax. As a result, the oil paint printing peeled off. There was a kind of liquid wax for stragula, balatum or bedola. The floors were only allowed to be polished with a cloth.
Competing products to Stragula were Balatum and Bedola. In the case of the balatum, the carrier was made of wool felt in contrast to the tar paper in the case of Stragula and Bedola.
literature
- Stragula , in: Meyers enzyklopädisches Lexikon , Volume 22, 1979, p. 636
Individual evidence
- ↑ Armstrong DLW: The History of Linoleum ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 55 kB)
