Though rebuilt, its last gasp was in 1835 when it supplied a carpet to the White Drawing Room in Buckingham Palace. Then it went bankrupt. No more carpets were produced in Axminster for more than ...

Soon enough, “Axminsters from Axminster” were sold to places like the Royal Albert Hall, which commissioned 43,000 square feet of carpet for rooms, corridors and landings.

Pulling the rug on Axminster carpets. Axminster, ... At the start of the Changing Rooms era, £8 in every £10 we spent on our floors was invested in carpets. Now it is not much over £5.

The largest carpet in a Wiltshire stately home has been sent off for nine months of conservation work which will cost £36,000. Dating from the 19th Century the Axminster carpet is the oldest at ...

Historic carpet maker Axminster is to go into administration in a move putting 400 jobs at risk. The Devon-based company, which dates back 250 years, said the decision will provide the company and ...

Axminster Carpets says a "sustained uncertainty relating to Brexit" has led a lack of consumer-spending confidence - but some are refuting it.

Axminster Carpets, the historic British manufacturer rescued by a group of local businessmen, can trace its history back 250 years. Here is a brief history of the company.