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The name Axminster has since been confusingly applied to big carpets woven in Wilton and elsewhere. Axminster carpets became like cheddar cheese. Then in 1937 the Scottish-born Harry Duffield opened a ...

Ulster Carpets, based in Portadown, is one of Northern Ireland's longest-surviving family-owned manufacturers. It has now bought over Axfelt, which makes carpet underlay and had been part of Axminster ...

The royal coat of arms is affixed to a sign on the front of the Axminster Carpets factory, near the train station in a town of 6,000 in southwest England. Beneath the seal are the words "By ...

Welcome to Saltram House, where for the first time in more than 40 years, visitors can enjoy one of Britain’s finest early Georgian interiors as its designer intended, after its spectacular Axminster ...