This style of carpet is one of the most traditional ways of making a carpet with the pile of the carpet inserted into the backing as it’s woven and then the pile cut to length, thus creating a u-shaped tuft and a velvet texture to the surface. This style of weaving locks in the tufts and creates a carpet of high durability, high wear performance as well as achieving a luxury feel to the carpet.

This style of weaving allows for intricate designs and colours to be used thus creating many classy and traditional designs, although current fashion trends tend to see plain carpet or stripe carpet as more popular options.

Three of the leading manufacturers in this style of carpeting are Brintons Carpets, Ulster Carpets and Axminster Carpets all well established U.K. manufacturers specialising  in woven axminster carpeting.