Blog Application Area and Properties of the Axminster Carpet
Today, the weaving technique of the Axminster carpet is of great importance.
Today, the weaving technique of the Axminster carpet is of great importance. This process is carried out by specifying, pulling and cutting the yarns from the area suitable for the model in the jacquard loom. With this method, twelve colors can be used in the machines.
The carpets produced by the Axminster technique bring a more favorable price advantage than the Orient carpets.
The most important feature of the Axminster weaving is the yarn being completely colored before the process. Thanks to this process, the fluff yarn looks the same color from every angle. Thus, the colors of the Axminster carpet look better than the carpets printed superficially.
Compared to the hand-woven carpets, the features and appearance of the Axminster carpet score thanks to its excellent color diversity and freedom of design, besides being much more luxurious.
Axminster carpets in offices, hotel rooms and airports
The Axminster carpet fits perfectly in the area that it is applied to, but the number of the woven yarns varies depending on the area it is applied to, i.e. on the status of traffic. For the Axminster hotel carpet, 7x7 and 7x8 weavings are used most commonly. Those with 7x9 and above weaving are used for offices or corridors. 7x12 weaving is applied to the very heavy traffic areas such as airports.