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Whitty</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality">Axminster</div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Global</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Harry Dutfield</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">Carpets</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">130</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.axminster-carpets.co.uk/">Axminster-Carpets.co.uk</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Axminster Carpets Ltd</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Axminster" title="Axminster">Axminster</a>, Devon based English manufacturer of carpets, particularly the same-named <a href="/wiki/Axminster_carpet" class="mw-redirect" title="Axminster carpet">Axminster carpets</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Axminster_Carpets&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Whilst visiting <a href="/wiki/Cheapside" title="Cheapside">Cheapside</a> Market, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, Devon-based <a href="/wiki/Weaving" title="Weaving">weaver</a> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Whitty" title="Thomas Whitty">Thomas Whitty</a> was impressed by a large <a href="/wiki/Turkish_carpet" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish carpet">Turkish carpet</a> he saw. On his return to Axminster, he used his skills to work out how to produce a product of similar quality. After several months work he completed his first carpet on <a href="/wiki/Midsummer%27s_day" class="mw-redirect" title="Midsummer's day">midsummer's day</a> 1755.<sup id="cite_ref-HiddenDevon_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HiddenDevon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Whitty's carpets, looking much like horizontal-<a href="/wiki/Tapestry" title="Tapestry">tapestries</a>, became the benchmark for wealthy aristocrats to have in their country homes and town houses, between 1755 and 1835. The company produced Axminster carpets for: the music room of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Pavilion" title="Royal Pavilion">Royal Pavilion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brighton" title="Brighton">Brighton</a>; <a href="/wiki/Chatsworth_House" title="Chatsworth House">Chatsworth House</a>; <a href="/wiki/Powderham_Castle" title="Powderham Castle">Powderham Castle</a>; <a href="/wiki/Saltram_House" title="Saltram House">Saltram House</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Warwick_Castle" title="Warwick Castle">Warwick Castle</a>. <a href="/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George III of the United Kingdom">King George III</a> and Queen <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz" title="Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz">Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz</a> purchased Axminster carpets and also visited the factory.<sup id="cite_ref-HiddenDevon_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HiddenDevon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1800, the company made a 74-by-52-foot (23 m × 16 m) carpet for <a href="/wiki/Mahmud_II" title="Mahmud II">Mahmud II</a>, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_sultans_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire">Sultan of the Ottoman Empire</a>, known today as the most famous Axminster Carpet of all. Depicting a blazing sun, moon and a whole constellation of stars, it cost £1000 (equivalent to £101,984 in 2023). Carried out of the factory by thirty men from the local Congregational Church, it was initially placed in the <a href="/wiki/Topkapi_Palace" class="mw-redirect" title="Topkapi Palace">Topkapi Palace</a>. It was then moved to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Defterdar_Palace&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Defterdar Palace (page does not exist)">Defterdar Palace</a>, where it became the property of Esma Sultan, the daughter of Sultan <a href="/wiki/Mustapha_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Mustapha III">Mustapha III</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decline">Decline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Axminster_Carpets&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Decline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1828, a disastrous fire destroyed the <a href="/wiki/Weaving" title="Weaving">weaving</a> <a href="/wiki/Loom" title="Loom">looms</a>. In 1835 the company owner, Samuel Rampson Whitty, the founder's grandson, was declared bankrupt. Blackmores of <a href="/wiki/Wilton,_Wiltshire" title="Wilton, Wiltshire">Wilton, Wiltshire</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Salisbury" title="Salisbury">Salisbury</a>, bought the remaining stock and looms and extended their business to include hand-knotted carpets, which were still called Axminsters.<sup id="cite_ref-HiddenDevon_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HiddenDevon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2012, Axminster Heritage Ltd bought the now <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">Grade II listed</a> former original carpet factory in which Thomas Whitty founded the company and wove the first carpets. It now houses the town's heritage centre, incorporating the town museum and the <a href="/wiki/Tourist_information_centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Tourist information centre">tourist information centre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Refoundation">Refoundation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Axminster_Carpets&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Refoundation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hamlyns%27s_Mill,_Buckfastleigh_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1222355.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Hamlyns%27s_Mill%2C_Buckfastleigh_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1222355.jpg/220px-Hamlyns%27s_Mill%2C_Buckfastleigh_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1222355.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Hamlyns%27s_Mill%2C_Buckfastleigh_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1222355.jpg/330px-Hamlyns%27s_Mill%2C_Buckfastleigh_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1222355.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Hamlyns%27s_Mill%2C_Buckfastleigh_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1222355.jpg/440px-Hamlyns%27s_Mill%2C_Buckfastleigh_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1222355.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="427" /></a><figcaption>Hamlyns's Mill, <a href="/wiki/Buckfastleigh" title="Buckfastleigh">Buckfastleigh</a>, which was bought by Harry Dutfield post-World War II to overcome supply difficulties for <a href="/wiki/Wool" title="Wool">woollen</a> <a href="/wiki/Yarn" title="Yarn">yarn</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1929, <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster" title="Kidderminster">Kidderminster</a>-resident <a href="/wiki/Scottish_people" title="Scottish people">Scottish-born</a> carpet manufacturer Harry Dutfield founded a new carpet company with his former schoolfriend Stephen Quayle. However, as the depression hit, the company became beset by Union problems. Setting off for the 1935 <a href="/wiki/London_Motor_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="London Motor Show">London Motor Show</a> to buy his first <a href="/wiki/Jaguar_Cars" title="Jaguar Cars">Jaguar</a> car, Dutfield met a vicar on the train from the <a href="/wiki/West_Country" title="West Country">West Country</a>, who told him that carpets had not been made in the town of Axminster since the 1828 fire.<sup id="cite_ref-IndpDutfObit_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndpDutfObit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Returning home, Dutfield formulated a <a href="/wiki/Business_plan" title="Business plan">business plan</a> to move his company to Axminster and relaunch Axminster Carpets Ltd.<sup id="cite_ref-AxmAbtUs_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AxmAbtUs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He persuaded the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(UK)" title="Southern Railway (UK)">Southern Railway</a> to extend its station at <a href="/wiki/Axminster_railway_station" title="Axminster railway station">Axminster</a>, and from 1937 lease him land on which to build a suitable factory.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Dutfield converted the factory to produce <a href="/wiki/Stirrup_pump" title="Stirrup pump">stirrup pumps</a> and later aircraft parts, while Dutfield himself was an officer in the <a href="/wiki/Home_Guard_(United_Kingdom)" title="Home Guard (United Kingdom)">Home Guard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IndpDutfObit_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndpDutfObit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After hostilities ceased, and with severe shortages of raw materials, keen fisherman Dutfield bought a woollen mill at <a href="/wiki/Buckfast" title="Buckfast">Buckfast</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Buckfastleigh" title="Buckfastleigh">Buckfastleigh</a>, which came with <a href="/wiki/Salmon" title="Salmon">salmon</a> <a href="/wiki/Angling" title="Angling">fishing</a> rights on the <a href="/wiki/River_Dart" title="River Dart">River Dart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IndpDutfObit_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndpDutfObit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This enabled Dutfield to establish the company on its original basis, being the complete "from fleece to floor" carpet maker.<sup id="cite_ref-AxmAbtUs_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AxmAbtUs-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After handing over day-to-day running of the company to his son Simon, Dutfield semi-retired from the company to pursue his hobby of fishing. Awarded an MBE for his services to British exports, Dutfield died at his home in Axminster on 21 May 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-IndpDutfObit_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndpDutfObit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Present">Present</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Axminster_Carpets&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Axminster_Carpets_Factory_Outlet_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499837.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Axminster_Carpets_Factory_Outlet_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499837.jpg/220px-Axminster_Carpets_Factory_Outlet_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499837.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Axminster_Carpets_Factory_Outlet_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499837.jpg/330px-Axminster_Carpets_Factory_Outlet_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499837.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Axminster_Carpets_Factory_Outlet_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499837.jpg/440px-Axminster_Carpets_Factory_Outlet_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499837.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The factory outlet for Axminster Carpets Ltd, in Axminster, Devon</figcaption></figure> <p>Today, Axminster Carpets is the only manufacturer to purchase, wash, card, spin and dye its own yarn before weaving the carpet itself.<sup id="cite_ref-TelgHist_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelgHist-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To celebrate 250 years of carpet weaving in Axminster, in 2005 a commemorative rug was produced. Paraded by the company's weavers through the town, it was then blessed by the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Exeter" title="Bishop of Exeter">Bishop of Exeter</a> and presented to the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Devon" title="Earl of Devon">Earl of Devon</a>. The carpet is now in <a href="/wiki/Clarence_House" title="Clarence House">Clarence House</a>, the then home of <a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">King Charles III</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TelgHist_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelgHist-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2012, Axminster was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Warrant_of_Appointment_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom)">Royal Warrant</a> for the supply of goods and services to the Royal Household.<sup id="cite_ref-TelgHist_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelgHist-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The modern Axminster-type power loom is capable of weaving high quality carpets with many varying colours and patterns, and is manufactured all over the world. Due to their hard-wearing and durable nature, Axminster carpets are most frequently used in country homes, luxury hotels, global airlines and train carriages.<sup id="cite_ref-TelgHist_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelgHist-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Every <a href="/wiki/Wetherspoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Wetherspoon">Wetherspoon</a> pub has a bespoke designed carpet manufactured by Axminster.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 February 2020 it was announced that the company had gone into administration.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However it was bought out of administration in March 2020 by a group of investors including the former owners. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Axminster_Carpets&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-HiddenDevon-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HiddenDevon_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HiddenDevon_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HiddenDevon_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPeter_Long2005" class="citation book cs1">Peter Long (2005). <i>The Hidden Places of Devon</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 February</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Axminster+Carpets+collapses+into+administration&rft.date=2020-02-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fbusiness-51559815&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAxminster+Carpets" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Axminster_Carpets&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBertram1970" class="citation book cs1">Bertram, Jacob (1970). <i>Axminster Carpets (Hand-Made) 1755–1957</i>. 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Ballard">James F. Ballard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Crossley" title="Francis Crossley">Sir Francis Crossley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Erdmann" title="Kurt Erdmann">Kurt Erdmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_T._Gregorian" title="Arthur T. Gregorian">Arthur T. Gregorian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arshag_Karagheusian" title="Arshag Karagheusian">Arshag Karagheusian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latif_Karimov" title="Latif Karimov">Latif Karimov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Lessing" title="Julius Lessing">Julius Lessing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Morris" title="William Morris">William Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hewitt_Myers" title="George Hewitt Myers">George H. 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Yerkes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Carpet_Museum" title="Azerbaijan Carpet Museum">Azerbaijan Carpet Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carpet_Museum_of_Iran" title="Carpet Museum of Iran">Carpet Museum of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dar_al_Athar_al_Islamiyyah" title="Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah">Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brukenthal_National_Museum" title="Brukenthal National Museum">Brukenthal National Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_carpet_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Kidderminster carpet industry">Kidderminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louvre" title="Louvre">Louvre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mevlana_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Mevlana Museum">Mevlana Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art" title="Metropolitan Museum of Art">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miho_Museum" title="Miho Museum">Miho Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Applied_Arts_(Budapest)" title="Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest)">Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Applied_Arts,_Vienna" title="Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna">Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Islamic_Art,_Doha" title="Museum of Islamic Art, Doha">Museum of Islamic Art, Doha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museo_Poldi_Pezzoli" title="Museo Poldi Pezzoli">Museo Poldi Pezzoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Textiles_(Lyon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Museum of Textiles (Lyon)">Museum of Textiles (Lyon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Islamic_Art,_Berlin" title="Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin">Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Louis_Art_Museum" title="Saint Louis Art 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href="/wiki/Dry_carpet_cleaning" title="Dry carpet cleaning">Dry carpet cleaning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floorcloth" title="Floorcloth">Floorcloth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_water_extraction" title="Hot water extraction">Hot water extraction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truckmount_carpet_cleaner" title="Truckmount carpet cleaner">Truckmount carpet cleaner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vacuum_cleaner" title="Vacuum cleaner">Vacuum cleaner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fabrics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frieze_(textile)" title="Frieze (textile)">Frieze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jajim" title="Jajim">Jajim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shag_(fabric)" title="Shag (fabric)">Shag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soumak" title="Soumak">Soumak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Natural_dye" title="Natural dye">Natural dye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synthetic_dye" class="mw-redirect" title="Synthetic dye">Synthetic dye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rubia_tinctorum" title="Rubia tinctorum">Madder (Rubia tinctorum)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigofera_tinctoria" title="Indigofera tinctoria">Indigofera tinctoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmine" title="Carmine">Carmine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cochineal" title="Cochineal">Cochineal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_cochineal" title="Armenian cochineal">Armenian cochineal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_cochineal" title="Polish cochineal">Polish cochineal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carpet_dyes_in_Uzbekistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Carpet dyes in Uzbekistan">Dyes in Uzbekistan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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style="width:1%">Carpets in culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_rug" title="Eagle rug">Eagle rug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Anatolian_animal_carpets" title="Early Anatolian animal carpets">Early Anatolian animal carpets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gul_(design)" title="Gul (design)">Gul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilim_motifs" title="Kilim motifs">Kilim motifs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elibelinde" title="Elibelinde">Elibelinde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evil_eye" title="Evil eye">Evil eye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tree_of_life" title="Tree of life">Tree of life</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_carpet" title="Magic carpet">Magic carpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oriental_carpets_in_Renaissance_painting" title="Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting">Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pictorial_carpet" title="Pictorial carpet">Pictorial carpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prayer_rug" title="Prayer rug">Prayer rug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_carpet" title="Red carpet">Red carpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transylvanian_rugs" title="Transylvanian rugs">Transylvanian rugs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_rugs" class="mw-redirect" title="War rugs">War rugs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable individual<br /> carpets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ardabil_Carpet" title="Ardabil Carpet">Ardabil Carpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Orphan_Rug" title="Armenian Orphan Rug">Armenian Orphan Rug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badding_Rug" title="Badding Rug">Badding Rug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baharestan_Carpet" title="Baharestan Carpet">Bahar-e Kasra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coronation_Carpet" 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data-file-height="383" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left">By Appointment to <br /> <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrex" title="Andrex">Andrex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abels_Moving_Services" title="Abels Moving Services">Abels Moving Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ainsworths" title="Ainsworths">Ainsworths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atora" title="Atora">Atora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Angostura" title="House of Angostura">Angostura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AkzoNobel" title="AkzoNobel">AkzoNobel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autoglym" title="Autoglym">Autoglym</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Axminster Carpets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbour_(company)" title="Barbour (company)">Barbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bendicks" title="Bendicks">Bendicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bentley" title="Bentley">Bentley Motors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bollinger" title="Bollinger">Bollinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brasso" title="Brasso">Brasso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britvic" title="Britvic">Britvic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BT_Group" title="BT Group">BT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burberry" title="Burberry">Burberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadbury" title="Cadbury">Cadbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carphone_Warehouse" title="Carphone Warehouse">Carphone Warehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castrol" title="Castrol">Castrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charbonnel_et_Walker" title="Charbonnel et Walker">Charbonnel et Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colman%27s" title="Colman's">Colman's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dairy_Crest" class="mw-redirect" title="Dairy Crest">Dairy Crest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DAKS" title="DAKS">DAKS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dettol" title="Dettol">Dettol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DHL" title="DHL">DHL Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunelm_Mill" class="mw-redirect" title="Dunelm Mill">Dorma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Arden,_Inc." title="Elizabeth Arden, Inc.">Elizabeth Arden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ede_%26_Ravenscroft" title="Ede & Ravenscroft">Ede & Ravenscroft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortnum_%26_Mason" title="Fortnum & Mason">Fortnum & Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schwartz_(brand)" title="Schwartz (brand)">Schwartz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smythson" title="Smythson">Frank Smythson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSK_plc" title="GSK plc">GSK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gieves_%26_Hawkes" title="Gieves & Hawkes">Gieves & Hawkes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardy_Brothers" title="Hardy Brothers">Hardy Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatchards" title="Hatchards">Hatchards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HP_Bulmer" class="mw-redirect" title="HP Bulmer">HP Bulmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinz" title="Heinz">Heinz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Poole_%26_Co" title="Henry Poole & Co">Henry Poole & Co</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Purdey_%26_Sons" title="James Purdey & Sons">James Purdey & Sons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaguar_Cars" title="Jaguar Cars">Jaguar Cars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lewis_%26_Partners" title="John Lewis & Partners">John Lewis & Partners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lobb_Bootmaker" title="John Lobb Bootmaker">John Lobb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kellogg%27s" title="Kellogg's">Kellogg's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_Rover" title="Land Rover">Land Rover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Roederer" title="Louis Roederer">Louis Roederer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mappin_%26_Webb" title="Mappin & Webb">Mappin & Webb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martini_%26_Rossi" title="Martini & Rossi">Martini & Rossi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McIlhenny_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="McIlhenny Company">McIlhenny 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