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2. Axminster Carpets - Wikipedia

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   King George III and Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz purchased Axminster carpets and also visited the factory. [1] In 1800, the company made a 74-by-52-foot (23 m × 16 m) carpet for Mahmud II, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, known today as the most famous Axminster Carpet of all. Depicting a blazing sun, moon and a whole constellation ...

3. Axminster - Wikipedia

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   Axminster is a market town and civil parish on the eastern border of the county of Devon in England. It is 28 miles (45 km) from the county town of Exeter . The town is built on a hill overlooking the River Axe which heads towards the English Channel at Axmouth , and is in the East Devon local government district.

4. Thomas Whitty - Wikipedia

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   Thomas Whitty (1713–1792) was an English carpet manufacturer who founded Axminster Carpets in 1755.. Whitty was impressed by a large Turkish carpet he saw at Cheapside Market in London, and upon his return to Axminster he used his skills as a weaver to work out how to produce a product of similar quality.

5. Carpet - Wikipedia

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   Axminster carpets can use the three main types of broadloom carpet construction: machine-woven, tufted and hand-knotted. Machine-woven carpet is an investment that will last 20 or 30 years, and woven Axminster and Wilton carpets are still popular in areas where longevity and design flexibility are a big part of the purchasing decision.

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7. Alexander Smith Carpet Mills Historic District - Wikipedia

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   Skinner, an engineer, designed a loom known as the Axminster power loom (also known as the Moquette Loom), which revolutionized the production of carpets. A patent for this loom was created in 1877 and royalty rights were sold to European and American companies at the rate of twenty cents per yard of carpet produced. [8]

8. 9 Christmas traditions in England that probably confuse Americans

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   There are some Christmas traditions in England that might confuse people from the US.. Some folks in the UK celebrate Christmas with pantomime, a campy, family-friendly theater show. Christmas ...

9. 32 text messages your horse would send you (if they could, of ...

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   The good news is that the farrier is in the area and can shoe your horse right away. However, in all the excitement your horse is having far too much fun to be caught.