Wilton Carpets - Custom made wilton carpets or available from in-stock ranges

  WILTON CARPETS... Custom made and in-stock collection of fine wilton carpets
  for luxurious residential carpeting as exclusive hotels contract carpets needs

Bespoke wilton carpet with stripes for a private residence in the Middle East	Custom made wilton carpet, cut and loop style with large treilis design and coordinated borders	Wilton carpet custom made with floral design for a private customer in London

  Here also, and as for Axminster carpets, Wilton carpets are named from the place where it started   first...Wilton, the ancient capital of the early Middle Ages West saxons "Wessex" kingdom, is located in the   south   west of England and since the local downland supported the sheep that provided raw wool for the   lucrative  wool trade upon which much of the England's wealth was based.

  When the wool trade declined cloth making took over and Wilton became a weaving town, with the rivers   Wylye and Nadder providing the water which is essential in various stages of cloth manufacture.

  The clothiers and Weavers of Wilton were so firmly established in their trade by 1699 that they succesfully   appealed to King William III to confirm them in their privilegesand advertise their superiority and were granted   a charter of incoporation.

  It is important to remember that the "weavers" referred to here were cloth weavers, to whom carpet   weaving was at that time unknown.

  An account from the Salisbury and Winchester Journal of 30th August 1884 tels us that the Wilton   carpet industry ... found a warm supporter in Henry, 9th Earl of Pembroke and 6th Earl of Montgomery, to   whom we are indebted for the introduction of the finest kinds of carpets...During his travels in north of   France and Flanders the Earl is said to have taken great interest in the carpet works of these countries and   noticing the superior quality of these products he entered into an arrangement with two Frenchmen Antony   Duffosy (in fact Dufosée in French) and Peter Jemaule who are said to have been conveyed to this country   in a barrel...

  The reason why Dufosée and Jemaule had to be smugled out of France is unclear, but presumably, the   French autorities did not want their skilled workmen to leave the country.

  This was the time of the reign of Louis the XIV (Also known as "the Sun King") and this was also the same   period of time where strong economical rules were raised by his principal minister COLBERT to protect and   devellop the French textile industry of carpets and tapestries in various areas of the Kingdom such as  north   of France, Paris with the Manufacture royale des Gobelins, or later in the center of France with  the famous  Manufacture Royale d'Aubusson.

  However Jelaule is not heard again but "The first carpet ever made in England was manufactured at Wilton,   by and under the direction of Anthony Duffosy" (Britton, Beauty of Wiltshire,1801)

  The first Wilton carpet loom was patented in 1741.

  What Dufosée created was the type of cut pile carpeting now known as WILTON carpet.

• Plain Wilton or "single frame"
• Jacquard Wilton or "multi frame"

  Both are issued from the traditional "Warp and Weft" weaving process.

  Over the 19th century the punched cards process better known under the name of the inventor (Joseph-  Marie JACQUARD - in French) was adapted to the Wilton carpet looms

  Wilton carpet can be woven with cut pile velvet, but and that is may be the main difference with axminster   carpets, also with loop pile or eventually cut and loop pile.

  More over pile heights can be varied within a single carpet to created a "structural" or carved effect.

  Wilton carpets may be woven using either 100% wool or 80% wool / 20% nylon - but with 80/20   yarn only cut pile velvet is available.

Wilton carpet and other carpets manufacturing process
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  Some wilton carpets are also made from synthetic man made fibers. They are generally woven on "Face to   face" wilton looms.

• According the needs, specification and minimum quantity of carpet to be custom made to order, we can offer a vast choice of weaving widths :
  
  • 0,69 m (27'')
  • 0,70 m (27'')
  • 0,91 m (3')
  • 1,00 m (3'3'')
  • 1,20 m (3'11'')
  • 1,40 m (4'7'')
  • 2,00 m (6'7'')
  • 3,66 m (12')
  • 4,00 m (13'2'')
  • 4,50 m (15') plain cut pile velvet only.

1208 VIP RUNNER From Stock : 1m width 80% wool/ 20% nylon Custom made : 0,70 m / 0,90 m / 1,20 m 1,40 m / 2 m / 3 m / 4 m	1211 PICADILLY From Stock : 0,70m width 100% wool Custom made : 0,80 m / 0,90 m / 1,00 m 1,20 m / 1,40 m

1209 OXFORD From Stock : 0,70m width 100% wool Custom made : 0,80 m / 0,90 m / 1,00 m 1,20 m / 1,40 m	1203 SMYRNE From Stock : 0,70m width 80% wool/ 20% nylon Custom made : 0,60 m / 0,90 m / 1,20 m 1,40 m / 2 m / 3 m / 4 m

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