Axminster and Wilton Carpets
From Graces Guide
Wilton and Axminsters carpet are both woven carpets. The difference between the two is the way in which the carpet is woven. Whereas the Axminster yarn is cut into tufts and then held in place by the weft, the Wilton carpet yarn is a continuous strand woven all the way through.
Axminster and Wilton carpets were made by a number of manufacturers including:
- Axminster Carpets Ltd
- Balstone, Cooke and Rayonese
- Blackwood, Morton and Sons
- Carpet Manufacturing Co
- Carpets International
- Cooke, Sons and Co
- John Crossley and Sons
- T. F. Firth and Sons
- Guthrie Industries
- Heckmondwike Manufacturing Co
- Homfray and Co
- Hugh Mackay and Co
- Marshall and Brush
- Morris and Co (Kidderminster)
- T. and A. Naylor
- Quayle Carpets
- Seamless Axminster Co
- Solent Carpet Co
- H. and M. Southwell
- A. F. Stoddard and Co
- James Templeton and Co
- J. and J. S. Templeton
- Tompkinson and Co
- Trafford Carpets
- Victoria Carpets
- Wilton Royal Carpet Factory
- Woodward, Grosvenor and Co
- Thomas Bond Worth and Sons
- Yates and Co
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