Plaid and Check
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Plaid rugs and checkered rugs to the trade
Plaid rugs to the trade: 339 plaid, tartan, check and gingham styles from Bloomsburg Carpet (33), Cella Carpet (31), Prestige Mills (31) and Ulster Carpets (28). Hand-loomed (101) carries the soft wool checks; Axminster (96) and Wilton (14) carry the true tartans, where a plaid carpet needs a loom that holds six or eight colors in register. Wool blend (107) and wool (29) are the fibers and 291 are made to order.
A plaid is two sets of stripes crossing at right angles; a tartan is a plaid with a named sett; a checkered rug is a plaid in two colors with equal bands. Crescent and Prestige Mills do the registered tartans in Axminster broadloom for a library or a stair; Stanton and Antrim do the quieter wool checks that read as a neutral.
Plaid is a repeat problem. A tartan has a sett of 6 to 14 inches that must match at every seam and center on the stair, so the estimate carries waste and the installer needs the drawing; a windowpane check of 2 inches or less seams anywhere. In a scheme plaid supports a solid and a floral and a neutral plaid rug in camel and cream is the version used most. Custom setts are made through custom rugs; see Axminster and stair runners.
Before you specify, read the plaid and tartan carpet guide and the patterned stair runner guide, written for the trade with the constructions, fibers and rooms that suit this look.
