The weaving of pure new wool carpets began in the Devon market town of Axminster way back in the middle of the eighteenth century. In those days only the very wealthy could afford to walk on a carpeted floor, until on midsummer's day in 1755 a local cloth weaver by the name of Thomas Whitty wove his very first carpet by hand.
Over the past 250 years the name of Axminster has become renowned throughout the world for style, elegance and luxury. Axminster Carpets have been making fine quality Axminster carpet ever since.
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