Patterned Carpet
Carpet
Patterned carpet: Wilton and Axminster broadloom for the trade
Patterned carpet is broadloom where the design is woven or tufted into the pile rather than printed on it, so a plaid, stripe, trellis or tile reads crisply and survives traffic. Interiors carries 1,435 patterned carpet styles, 712 of them Wilton woven and 49 Axminster, from Kane Carpet (292), Prestige Mills (271), Couristan (240) and Nourison (129), all made to order and shipped from the mill.
Wilton is the construction to know. The pattern yarns are carried through the back of the weave, which locks the design in place, keeps a stripe straight over a 40 foot hall and lets a geometric carpet be cut into a runner without the edge unravelling. Fibers run wool (438 styles), wool blend (264), polyester (72), polypropylene (458) and nylon (89). Bellbridge's Chicque Plaid, Linen Stripe and Glencoe are typical of the woven wool plaids and stripes; Kane and Prestige Mills carry the larger carpet patterns, from a 36 inch damask repeat to a tight 2 inch pin dot.
When you spec patterned wall to wall carpet, order from the repeat, not the square footage: a 24 inch repeat on a 12 foot roll adds roughly 10 percent for matching. Patterned carpet for stairs should be a Wilton or Axminster at 1/4 to 1/2 inch pile and the pattern should be squared to the nosing on every tread; see stair runners. Browse by motif under geometric, plaid and check and stripe.
