Wilton
Carpets - Custom made wilton carpets or available from in-stock ranges. Traditional and luxurious woven carpets for residential carpeting, historical buildings and exclusive hotels
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Luxurious plain wilton broadloom carpet 100% wool cut pile velvet - Width 4,50m / 15' The Iris collection |
Hôtel
NAPOLEON - Fontainebleau Custom made patterned wilton created for the hotel Napoleon, located near the castle into that historical city. We have reproduced here an old design updated into today's colours and style for the main carpet and borders are woven with the "bee" motif inside. The eagle and bee, were the Napoleonic emblems of the First and later Second French Empire |
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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.
Traditional Wilton "Jacquard" |
A
prestigious carpet work: WILTON HOUSE House of the Earl of Pembroke (National Trust Photographic Library) |
Wilton "Jacquard" loom back of the loom |
In fact, today several several loom types are used to manufacture a variety of carpet constructions which carry the Wilton name :
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.
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| WILTON CARPETS : A FEW EXAMPLES |
Custom made wilton carpet, cut
and loop style with large treilis design and coordinated borders |
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| Tartan design bespoke wilton carpet |
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| GOUMARD RESTAURANT -
75001 PARIS An example of a custom made to order 100% wool wilton carpet custom made in broadloom width |
Private residence 100% wool custom made wilton carpet, with body carpet and coordinated borders + outfil |
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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.
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| Wilton carpet + border with "classical" design 100% New Zealand wool loop pile |
Jacquard
wilton carpet "modern style" |
Wilton
carpet and other carpets manufacturing process
open a separate window, and then please scroll down
to wilton carpet manufacturing process
Some wilton carpets and area rugs are also made from synthetic man made fibers. They are generally woven on "Face to face" wilton looms.
| A FEW EXAMPLES OF WILTON WOVEN
CARPET RUNNERS and STAIRS CARPET RUNNERS |
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![]() 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 |
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![]() 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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