Founded in Kidderminster in 1783
Brintons
Woven Axminster and Wilton carpet from one of the oldest names in the trade.
Brintons were founded in Kidderminster in 1783, which makes them one of the oldest carpet names in the country. We stock the residential range: twenty-five collections spanning woven Axminster and woven Wilton, from traditional oriental patterns through to the Purely Natural ranges in undyed British wool and the designer collaborations.
There is a lot of ground covered here, so each range has its own page telling you what it is, where it works and what it is like to live with. If you would rather just look, come and see them on the displays.
The collections
Twenty-five ranges, grouped by how they are made
Axminster
Axminster weaving inserts each tuft individually from a fixed palette of yarns, which is why it can carry complex multi-colour patterns.
Woven axminsterAbbeyglenA traditional plaid Axminster in five designs, made for halls and stairs.View the range
Woven axminsterAbbotsfordSeven traditional colourways across three designs, small setts throughout.View the range
Woven AxminsterThe Chroma CollectionTen dyed neutrals in a lighter Axminster — Lace, Linen, Taffeta and more.View the range
Woven axminsterClassic Florals NouveauTwelve floral colourways across three designs, drawn large.View the range
Woven AxminsterFrescoA soft sage Axminster in two colourways, for a calm room.View the range
Woven AxminsterNew LivingContemporary Axminster — four designs in eight quiet colourways.View the range
Woven AxminsterPerpetual TexturesTen texture-led Axminster designs rated extra heavy domestic.View the range
Woven axminsterRenaissanceOriental and Persian designs — Palmette, Kashan, Versailles and Javanese.View the range
Woven axminsterRenaissance ClassicsNine oriental designs, and the heaviest Axminster Brintons make.View the range
Woven AxminsterRoyal Marquis CollectionFour small-scale geometric designs in ten colourways each.View the rangeWilton
Wilton runs the yarn continuously through the backing. Fewer colours in a design, but a dense and very even pile — traditionally the plains.
Woven WiltonBell TwistThe plain twist range, and the broadest palette Brintons offer.View the range
Woven WiltonBell Twist HeatherThe same twist in blended heather yarns, which hide marks far better.View the range
Woven WiltonThe Country Life CollectionCut-and-loop wilton — eight designs in Cloud and Bamboo, pattern from texture.View the range
Woven WiltonDistinctionA deep plush wilton, patterned by pile direction rather than colour.View the range
Woven WiltonLumoraThe densest carpet Brintons weave, plain, in five widths.View the range
Woven WiltonThe Velvet Collection by BrintonsA smooth velvet wilton in fifteen listed plain colours.View the rangePurely Natural
Brintons' undyed British wool ranges. The colour comes from the fleece rather than from dye, over a cotton, jute and natural rubber latex backing.
Woven AxminsterPurely Natural AlpineFive undyed designs in three natural shades each.View the range
Woven AxminsterPurely Natural ChromaThe same eight fleece colours woven axminster, in a velvet finish.View the range
Woven AxminsterPurely Natural Flora and FaunaFourteen undyed nature designs, woven axminster.View the range
Woven AxminsterPurely Natural FrescoFour undyed designs in Mink and Cloud — a short, easy choice.View the range
Woven AxminsterPurely Natural MarrakeshNine undyed Moroccan-inspired designs that read as texture.View the range
Woven AxminsterPurely Natural PlaidsEight undyed checks in the natural colours of British fleece.View the range
Woven WiltonPurely Natural TwistUndyed British wool, woven wilton, in eight fleece colours.View the rangeDesigner Collections
Ranges Brintons weave in collaboration with outside design studios.
Woven Axminster patterns with coordinating woven Wilton Bell Twist plainsLaura Ashley Collection by BrintonsAxminster designs with matching Bell Twist plains — a coordinating system.View the range
Woven AxminsterTimorous Beasties Collection by BrintonsThirteen bold designs by the Glasgow studio, drawn at real scale.View the rangeWhy it matters who lays it
Woven carpet is fitted differently
We have been selling Axminster from this shop for over sixty-five years, and our fitters are time-served men who work with woven carpet regularly rather than once in a blue moon.
That matters more than it used to. Something like ninety-five per cent of what goes down in British homes today is tufted, so a great many fitters have simply never had much woven carpet through their hands.
A woven carpet asks for things a tufted one does not. A pattern has to be set out on paper before anything is cut. A repeat has to be carried true up a flight of stairs and round a winder. Pile direction has to run the same way through every piece, or a single colour reads as two.
None of it is difficult for someone who does it week in and week out. All of it goes wrong in the hands of someone who does not.
See the Brintons ranges in your own light
Woven carpet never reads correctly on a screen, and it rarely reads correctly under showroom lighting either. Come and look at the displays, then take a sample home with you — we are happy to book one out so you can live with it for a few days and see it against your own walls, at your own windows, morning and evening. If it is easier, we will bring samples out to you and measure up while we are there.
Book a free home visitVisit the showroom144–146 Brownedge Road, Lostock Hall, Preston PR5 5AE · 01772 336118 · Mon–Sat 10am–5pm · Free parking