Rug Rats carries a wide variety of Axminster Carpets.

It's almost impossible to show you everything that we carry on our site, so we suggest you visit one of the Axminster carpet mills listed below to peruse the many fine styles of Axminster carpets available. Once you've found the style you want, call or email us for pricing.

Brintons US Axminster

The History of Axminster Carpets

In the latter part of the 18th Century, Thomas Whitty developed a method of hand-knotting carpets at Axminster in Devon. This hand-knotting method, which was very similar to Persian techniques, became known as 'Axminster' weaving. In 1835 the original Axminster carpet factory closed following a fire, and the surviving looms were purchased by the Wilton weavers. From this date forward, the Wilton carpet factory began to produce hand-knotted Axminster carpets alongside the Wilton weave; it is from these combined styles of production that the modern factory evolved.

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