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When you think about area rugs in your living room, well, Axminster in a loom for a quality carpet production has been developed. 1755 Thomas Whitty founded a carpet factory in the town. Axminster carpets have as distinguishing red cotton that is sewn on the bottom of the carpet edges. The carpets were made of wool with symmetrical nodes on woolen warp and weft of flax with intermediate or hemp. The pattern was similar to the Savonnerie carpets and floral. These rugs met the taste of the rich nobility and were soon seen everywhere in the country houses. The factory closed in 1835 with the advent of industrial weaving machines. Harry Dutfield began in 1937 with the construction of a new factory. Today they have teamed up with Wilton Carpets. But you can also find Cheap Rugs with stylishly designed easily on the internet.

The name of Axminster carpet is available for all carpets with a velvety surface. By Polkratzen and scissors, a uniform surface is achieved, which shine, feel and look of the product can be improved. We group under the name of three different manufacturing processes:

- Chenille Axminster,

- Royal Axminster and

- Gripper Axminster, said gripper Axminster weaves of the most important and most widely used method of production is.