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Prestige Mills carpet: a designer's guide to the Stark wholesale line and where it belongs
Prestige Mills carpet is the designer wholesale broadloom label of Stark, based in Long Island City, New York, and it is a wool library first: Wilton plaids and tartans, flatweave wool for stairs, hand-knotted and hand-loomed rugs and the Missoni patterns. It is for the designer who wants a Stark look through a trade showroom, with the net quoted and the goods shipped from the mill. Interiors carries 534 Prestige Mills styles, 431 broadloom, 84 area rugs and 19 custom rugs, on the Prestige Mills brand page, with complimentary samples for approved trade accounts.
The mill
Prestige Mills is the label under which Stark's broadloom and rug program reaches the trade through showrooms like ours. The line is broad in a way most mills are not: six constructions, six fibers and four roll widths, with goods made in India, the United States and Belgium. One program covers the woven plaid for a stair, the solid wool for a bedroom, the indoor-outdoor flatweave for a porch and the hand-knotted rug for the living room.
What we carry
Of the 534 styles, 265 are wool and 126 wool blend, with polypropylene (65), nylon (38), sisal, jute and seagrass (9) and polyester (6) behind them. Constructions are Wilton (193), flatweave (90), hand-loomed (73), hand-knotted (70), tufted (33) and Axminster (24). Wilton and Axminster lock the pattern into the backing, which is why a Prestige Mills stair runner in a tartan stays crisp over the nosing. Flatweave has no pile and wraps a stair cleanly. Hand-loomed wool is deep and soft; hand-knotted is the rug construction that lasts longest. The polypropylene styles are solution-dyed and are the indoor-outdoor group.
Roll widths are 13 ft 2 in on 199 styles, 15 ft on 106, 12 ft on 73 and 16 ft 4 in on 23. By pattern, 147 styles are geometrics, 121 solids, 93 stripes, 43 textures and 35 abstract and modern. Pile runs low on 224 styles (to 0.30 in), medium on 133, high on 40 and flat on 30. The catalog records 334 styles made in India, 57 in the USA and 29 in Belgium. 515 styles are made to order and 19 are custom; 47 are rated indoor and outdoor, 17 are custom only and 6 are flagged easy to clean.
Collections to know
The largest group is Prestige, 119 styles. Weave Tuft has 95, Mantra 91 and Stark Studio Rugs 88. Ashley Stark Home and Missoni have 39 each; Missoni is where the signature zigzags and stripes live. The Tartan Collection has 17 styles, Stark 10, Adorra 4 and Massee Lane 2. Styles to know include Zamora, Montcliffe, Audrey, Keani, Chance, Nahara, Anzu and Duston.
Where it belongs
On a stair, choose a Wilton, an Axminster or a flatweave: the Tartan Collection and the Wilton plaids are the classic Prestige Mills stair runner, and a flatweave wool stripe wraps a curved flight cleanly. In a hall or an entry, the geometrics and small stripes hide tracking. The 121 solids and the wool textures are the bedroom and living room broadloom, and the 15 ft and 16 ft 4 in widths cover large rooms without a seam. A dining room or a study takes a Missoni pattern or a large geometric as the room's one move. The 47 indoor-and-outdoor styles, mostly polypropylene flatweaves, go on the covered porch, in the mudroom and in the beach house. The hand-knotted and hand-loomed group, and Stark Studio Rugs, are the living room rugs where depth and hand matter more than hard wear.
Custom rugs and runners
Any Prestige Mills broadloom can be cut and finished into a rug or runner by our Design Studio, and the line also includes 19 custom rugs, 17 of them custom only, made to the room. Prestige Mills rugs cut from the 16 ft 4 in rolls give a seamless room-size field. For a custom rug, we send a rendering and net quote in about two weeks, a strike-off in 4 to 6 weeks, and production runs 18 to 20 weeks, with the ship date provided when the design process is complete. For a stair runner, send us the tread count and tread width and we will draw it and quote it net.
How to order through Interiors
Interiors is a to-the-trade showroom and a Prestige Mills dealer for interior design professionals; we do not sell to the public. Prestige Mills carpet samples are complimentary for approved trade accounts and ship from the mill within 24 hours, enough to cover a job. Net pricing is quoted by the showroom; there are no public Prestige Mills carpet prices. Made-to-order styles ship from the mill with a ship date provided by the showroom with your order. We measure and install anywhere in the United States through our installer network.
| Styles | 534 |
|---|---|
| Types | Broadloom (431), area rug (84), custom rug (19) |
| Fibers | Wool (265), wool blend (126), polypropylene (65), nylon (38), sisal, jute and seagrass (9), polyester (6) |
| Constructions | Wilton (193), flatweave (90), hand-loomed and hand-woven (73), hand-knotted (70), tufted (33), Axminster (24) |
| Widths | 13 ft 2 in (199), 15 ft (106), 12 ft (73), 16 ft 4 in (23) |
| Made in | India (334), USA (57), Belgium (29) |
| Availability | Made to order (515), custom (19); indoor and outdoor (47), custom only (17), easy to clean (6) |
Questions designers ask
Is Prestige Mills a good brand?
Yes. It is the trade label of Stark, and the line is wool first: 391 of the 534 styles are wool or wool blend, and the Wilton, Axminster and flatweave constructions are the ones that wear on stairs. Prestige Mills carpet reviews from the trade come back to the breadth of the library and the consistency of the program. Match construction to traffic and sample first.
Does Stark own Prestige Mills?
Prestige Mills is the designer wholesale broadloom label of Stark, based in Long Island City, New York. When a designer asks for a Stark look through a trade showroom, this is the line, and Stark Studio Rugs, Ashley Stark Home and the Stark collection come through the same program.
How much does Prestige Mills carpet cost?
Net pricing is quoted to approved trade accounts; we do not publish Prestige Mills carpet prices. Within the line, cost is driven by fiber, polypropylene lowest and wool highest, by construction, hand-knotted and Wilton above flatweave and tufted, and by width and yardage. Ask us for the net on two or three candidate styles and we will send it with the samples.
Where is Prestige Mills carpet made?
It varies by style. The catalog records 334 of our 534 styles as made in India, 57 in the USA and 29 in Belgium. Ask us for the spec sheet on the specific style you are considering and we will confirm where it is made.
Where can I buy Prestige Mills carpet?
Through Prestige Mills dealers and trade showrooms such as Interiors. We carry 534 styles for interior design professionals, with the library on the floor in the Laguna Design Center, and we ship and install nationwide. Samples ship from the mill to your office.
Can Prestige Mills carpet be made into a rug or stair runner?
Yes. Any broadloom can be cut and finished into a rug or runner by our Design Studio, and the line includes 19 custom rugs made to the room. A Prestige Mills stair runner in a Wilton tartan or a flatweave stripe is one of the most common orders we place with the mill.
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