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Axminster: Name comes from loom on which the carpets are woven. This type of loom inserts pile tufts into the weave from top. In this type of carpet many colors can be used. The surface is cut pile, but may be long and shaggy, short and smooth.
Berber: Originally meant a carpet with looped pile in natural, undyed wool, in the same shades used by Berbers of the North African desert.
Body Carpet: Carpet less than 1.8m (6ft) wide. Used as runners in corridors, as stair carpet or seamed for awkward shapes. Bonded Yarns: Yarns or fibers are bonded into an adhesive base.
Bordered squares: Usually this will be in rectangular shape with the border around.
Broadloom Carpet: Carpet wider than 1.8m (6ft). The most common broadloom widths are 2.74m (9ft) and 3.66m (12ft). But can reach as much as 5.5m (18ft).
Brussels weave: Tightly looped pile, uncut.
Carpet tiles: Available in all carpet constructions, but usually plain. It is important that they possess guaranteed dimensional stability. It has 18” semi grid backing for easy replacement.
Cord: Looks rather like corduroy; woven, with fibers carried along back, in wider range of colors. Often artificial fibers or non sheep animal hair is used and it is hard-wearing cut pile.
Cut pile: Strands of yarn are cut rather than looped into carpet. Cut pile is a smooth, classic finish, often known as 'velour' or 'velvet pile’ ideal for bringing luxurious and sensual feel to rooms. The tops of the loops of wool are cut and the yam is slightly twisted to produce tufts of yam that stand upright and produce a smooth, even surface.
Indian carpet: Always off-White, the coarsely hand woven looped and wool pile is knitted into the back. Good quality ones are durable.
Looped pile: Uncut loops on the surface. The pile can be short or shaggy. They are made from uncut tufts in looped form, having all tufts the same pile height. The loop pile consists of a continuous strand of yam. If one yam is stretched the whole row comes out. It has jute or polypropylene backing. It is also called cording
Shag pile: Pile that is 25 to 50mm (1 to 2 inch) long. This cannot be used on stairs. Heels can catch and it is dangerous. It gets dirty more quickly than short pile and looks very unattractive if tangled.
Tufted: Individual fibers are punched or otherwise fixed into the base material, which is usually 'sealed' with some sort of water proof backing. The tufting process is accomplished when thousands of needles, threaded with pile yarns and extending 12 or 15 feet across the machine, are forced through a backing material to form loops or tufts. The backing may be woven or nonwoven polypropylene yarn anchored in a backing with a coating of latex compound. The pile of tufted carpet can be high or low, cut, looped, or sculptured. Many patterns can be made on tufting machines.
Wilton: like Axminster derives its name from the loom on which it is made, this weaves the yarn in a continuous strand. So only a limited number of colors can be used. It is Smooth, velvety surface.
Woven carpet. Velvets, Wiltons, and Axminsters are three different types of woven carpet made on looms. A loom  interlocks face and back yarns into a woven carpet. Backing yarns that run lengthwise are called warp yarns, and those that run crosswise are called weft yarns. A Velvet carpet usually is a solid color and has a uniform pile height. However, variations can be obtained by using multicolored yarns. The amount of yarn used will determine the plush height of the pile
Narrow carpet: Available in 26”-36” wide. This can be used on stirs and passages.
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