Hand-knotted Axminster carpet by Wilton Royal Carpet Factory, starting in 1835 (for handknotted carpets rather than Brussels type)

Finishing department at the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory

Postcard: Dying of yarns by hand process at the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory

Gripper Loom at the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory

Old RP Postcard: Wiltshire Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Sizing & Drying Machine

Axminster Carpet Factory, Wilton, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Showing Carpet Weaving 1920s

Feb. 29, 2012 - FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS..Two rolls of newly made Wilton carpet are transported to the despatch department, and past the ancient buildings which housed the factory in its small beginnings. (Credit Image: Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS)

Shearing and Finishing Wilton Pile Carpet at The Wilton Royal Carpet Factory, Wilton, Wiltshire - Year: circa 1903

Checking the weaving machines as miles of carpet are turned out by them at the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory.

View inside the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory in Wilton, Wiltshire, England

River Block at Royal Wilton Carpet Factory

"A Visit to the Wilton Carpet Factory" from The Salisbury & Winchester Journal, and General Advertiser, June 29 1861