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Flatweave flooring designed, woven and hand-finished in the UK Flooring is currently taking centre stage adding colour, texture and interest to every room in the house.
Rugs For rugs and wall-to-wall fitted flooring, multiple widths are hand-sewn together by skilled craftspeople. During the design process special consideration is given to how the stripes will join to create a continuous pattern. Rugs can be finished with a clean simple hem or bound with a linen tape to provide the added benefit of being reversible.
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oger Oates Design has been creating iconic flooring for over 30 years, with an ethos firmly rooted in heritage and craftsmanship. Staying true to traditional techniques the 100% wool flatweave is woven on specially adapted Hattersley looms in small scale British mills using a specially blended British Cheviot wool that is spun and dyed in Yorkshire. It is the lifting and drafting of the loom that gives the flooring its unique texture, and the woven edge and supple nature means that it can be expertly fitted onto almost any staircase. The narrow widths can also be hand sewn together to create highly distinctive rugs and wall-to-wall flooring. All design and hand- finishing takes place in the Herefordshire workshop.