Executive Mansion
Patterned Carpet
Behind the Scenes - Executive Mansion
Early carpets were made in Brussels and were called low level loops. This was before they started cutting them to get plush pile. Today, anywhere someone is doing a high-style home in America you are apt to find a fancy patterned Wilton carpet from England like the ones selected for the Executive Mansion. Like the original Brussels carpets, these carpets are woven on small looms. Because of this, the panels are only 2/3 of a yard wide and must be meticulously stitched together in the traditional manner to cover the floor of an entire room.
To begin the process Peter Mead bends the panels back so that he is working on the reverse side. Next he marks off the pattern to where he wants to sew the panels together. He then comes down three points and puts in a locking stitch using a waxed linen thread made in Alabama. Then with a 1/4 inch basic stitch repeated over and over, he painstakingly sews the carpet panels together one after another until the carpet is complete.
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