Flatweave
Construction
Flatweave rugs: no pile, reversible, right for doors and stairs
Flatweave rugs are woven on a loom with the warp and weft interlaced and no pile standing up from the surface, so they are thin, often reversible and lie flat under a door. Interiors carries 313 flatweave styles as rugs and broadloom, made to order or custom and shipped from the mill, from Prestige Mills (90), Stanton (41), Couristan (36) and DMI (31).
Fiber sets the use. 104 of the styles are wool, the flatweave wool rug of a Swedish or Indian stripe, soft enough for a bedroom and tough enough for a hall; 102 are polypropylene, the indoor-outdoor flatweaves for a loggia or a kitchen; 68 are wool blend; 28 are sisal, jute or seagrass, the natural fiber flat weave rugs that run under a dining table. Adara's Akita, Allegro, Bella and Elise are typical of the wool and wool-sisal weaves. Most come as 13 foot 2 inch broadloom that we cut and bind to any size, which is how a 12 by 313 flatweave for a long living room is made.
Flatweaves need a thin non-slip pad on a hard floor and show spills faster than a pile rug, since there is nowhere for a drop to hide. On a stair, a flatweave stripe with a Hollywood install is one of the cleanest looks going; see stair runners. For the difference between a dhurrie, a kilim and a Wilton flatweave read the flatweave rug guide, and compare sisal, jute and seagrass.
