Shag (fabric)

A shag is a heavy long piled worsted textile.

In the 17th century, the term was also used to refer to inferior silk material.

[1][2] Shag became popular as a material for carpets in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Close-up of the pile of a shag carpet , including two popular colors of the 1970s: avocado and harvest gold