Carpet Manufacturing Styles

Traditionally, carpet used to be an investment that any homeowner would expect to last 30 years or so. However, these Wilton and Axminster woven carpets have been overtaken in the sales stakes by modern tufted carpets that provide a high quality of carpet in plain and graphic styles for a wide range of tastes and budgets.

In this section we look at the three major methods of carpet construction (weaving, tufting and bonding), along with a few of the less-widespread methods, such as hand-knotted and flatweave carpets.