Ninety-one brand guides to textiles for the home — linen, wool, furnishing fabrics and rugs — and where they are woven.
Home textiles are an industry of mills and fabric houses, some centuries old. These guides look at how each presents itself and, for rugs especially, where it is made, with honest caveats where the record is thin.
Mills and houses
Several are long-lived: Christy, the 1850 British house that industrialised the terry towel; Klippan, the 1879 Swedish mill; Foxford, the 1892 Irish woollen mill founded by a nun; and Abraham Moon, the Yorkshire vertical woollen mill. Fabric houses include Liberty, Pierre Frey, Schumacher, Rubelli and Fortuny; Sahco is now a Kvadrat brand, and Morris & Co belongs to Sanderson Design Group.
Where rugs are made
Many design rugs are woven far from where they are designed: Nanimarquina and GAN rugs are woven in India, cc-tapis and The Rug Company rugs are knotted in Nepal, and Sera Helsinki’s rugs are woven in Ethiopia. Others are made at home: Object Carpet in Germany, Ege in Denmark, Bolon in Ulricehamn, Sweden, and Dovecot in Scotland.
How to use these guides
Each guide covers a brand’s visual identity — its weave, pattern and colour — as design commentary, and notes where facts could not be fully confirmed. The table at the end gathers the essentials.
Textiles, part 1
Tekla, Society Limonta, Fog Linen Work, Nanimarquina, Christy, Klippan and Lapuan Kankurit.
- Tekla — The Copenhagen house’s designs-for-longevity bedding, with honest caveats.
- Society Limonta — The Italian house’s washed lived-in linen, with honest caveats.
- Fog Linen Work — The Tokyo house’s Lithuanian-linen everyday textiles, with honest caveats.
- Nanimarquina — The Barcelona house’s design rugs woven in India, with honest caveats.
- Christy — The 1850 British house that industrialised the terry towel, with honest caveats.
- Klippan — The 1879 Swedish mill’s design wool blankets, with honest caveats.
- Lapuan Kankurit — The Finnish jacquard weaving mill, with honest caveats.
Textiles, part 2
Frette, MagicLinen, Kvadrat, Mourne Textiles, Nani Iro, GAN and Røros Tweed.
- Frette — The Italian house’s jacquard hotel linens, with honest caveats.
- MagicLinen — The Vilnius studio’s made-to-order stone-washed linen, with honest caveats.
- Kvadrat — The Danish house’s colour-and-weave design textiles, with honest caveats.
- Mourne Textiles — The Northern Irish house’s woven-wool textiles, with honest caveats.
- Nani Iro — Naomi Ito’s double-gauze art fabrics under Kokka, with honest caveats.
- GAN — The Gandia Blasco Group’s design rugs woven in India, with honest caveats.
- Røros Tweed — The Norwegian mill’s wool blankets, with honest caveats.
Textiles, part 3
Libeco, Svenskt Tenn, cc-tapis, Designers Guild, Foxford, Armadillo and Pendleton.
- Libeco — The Belgian house’s European-flax linen, with honest caveats.
- Svenskt Tenn — The Swedish house’s Josef Frank printed textiles, with honest caveats.
- cc-tapis — The Milan house’s collectible rugs knotted in Nepal, with honest caveats.
- Designers Guild — Tricia Guild’s colourful fabrics and wallpapers, with honest caveats.
- Foxford — The 1892 Irish woollen mill founded by a nun, with honest caveats.
- Armadillo — The Australian B Corp’s natural-fibre rugs, with honest caveats.
- Pendleton — The American mill’s wool blankets, with honest caveats.
Fabric houses
Liberty, Pierre Frey, Jim Thompson, Schumacher, Zimmer + Rohde, Teixidors and Bemboka.
- Liberty — The London house’s printed fabrics and Art Nouveau heritage, with honest caveats.
- Pierre Frey — The Paris house’s French decorative fabrics, with honest caveats.
- Jim Thompson — The Bangkok house’s revived Thai silk, with honest caveats.
- Schumacher — The New York house’s American fabrics and archive, with honest caveats.
- Zimmer + Rohde — The German house’s furnishing textiles, with honest caveats.
- Teixidors — The Catalan social enterprise’s handwoven textiles, with honest caveats.
- Bemboka — The Australian-designed knit blankets and towels, with honest caveats.
Mills and design houses
Johnstons of Elgin, Missoni Home, Maharam, Nobilis, Brita Sweden, Avoca and Création Baumann.
- Johnstons of Elgin — The Scottish mill’s cashmere and tweed, with honest caveats.
- Missoni Home — The Italian house’s zigzag textiles for the home, with honest caveats.
- Maharam — The American house’s modernist contract textiles, with honest caveats.
- Nobilis — The Paris house’s furnishing fabrics and wallpapers, with honest caveats.
- Brita Sweden — The Stockholm family brand’s woven plastic rugs, with honest caveats.
- Avoca — The Irish mill’s bright woven throws, with honest caveats.
- Création Baumann — The Swiss house’s functional textiles, with honest caveats.
Silks, prints and wool
Rubelli, Sanderson, Designtex, Jaipur Rugs, Burel Factory, Caralarga and JAB Anstoetz.
- Rubelli — The Venetian house’s silks, velvets and damasks, with honest caveats.
- Sanderson — The British house’s prints, wallpapers and Morris archive, with honest caveats.
- Designtex — The American house’s contract textiles and sustainability, with honest caveats.
- Jaipur Rugs — The Indian house’s hand-knotted rugs and artisan model, with honest caveats.
- Burel Factory — The Portuguese house reviving Serra da Estrela burel wool, with honest caveats.
- Caralarga — The Mexican studio’s raw-cotton textile art, with honest caveats.
- JAB Anstoetz — The German group’s furnishing textiles, with honest caveats.
Colour and craft
Dedar, Osborne & Little, Élitis, Vlisco, LRNCE, Good Earth and ARMAGGAN.
- Dedar — The Italian family house’s bold-colour fabrics, with honest caveats.
- Osborne & Little — The British house’s design-forward prints and wallpapers, with honest caveats.
- Élitis — The French éditeur’s materials-led wallcoverings and fabrics, with honest caveats.
- Vlisco — The Dutch wax-print house, with its layered history stated honestly.
- LRNCE — The Marrakech artist-studio’s handmade textiles, with honest caveats.
- Good Earth — The Indian house’s luxury craft home textiles, with honest caveats.
- ARMAGGAN — The Turkish house’s natural-dye craft textiles, with honest caveats.
The cloth is the identity
Fortuny, Timorous Beasties, Les Toiles du Soleil, Sahco, Jakob Schlaepfer, Safomasi and Aelfie.
- Fortuny — The Venetian house’s printed velvets and cottons, with honest caveats.
- Timorous Beasties — The Glasgow studio’s subversive toile and wallpaper, with honest caveats.
- Les Toiles du Soleil — The French-Catalan house’s woven stripes, with honest caveats.
- Sahco — The German furnishing-textile house, now a Kvadrat brand, with honest caveats.
- Jakob Schlaepfer — The St. Gallen house’s avant-garde couture textiles, with honest caveats.
- Safomasi — The Indian studio’s storytelling prints, with honest caveats.
- Aelfie — The Brooklyn-born house’s bold maximalist rugs, with honest caveats.
Prints and weaves
Lisa Corti, Morris & Co, Sophie Digard, No-Mad, Nuno, Eskayel and Johanna Gullichsen.
- Lisa Corti — The Milan house’s bold block-printed cottons, with honest caveats.
- Morris & Co — The Arts & Crafts pattern house, now a Sanderson Design Group brand, with honest caveats.
- Sophie Digard — The Paris colorist’s hand-crocheted colourwork, with honest caveats.
- No-Mad — The Mumbai house’s contemporary Indian home textiles, with honest caveats.
- Nuno — The Tokyo house’s experimental Japanese textiles, with honest caveats.
- Eskayel — The Brooklyn studio’s watercolour prints, with honest caveats.
- Johanna Gullichsen — The Helsinki house’s geometric double-weave, with honest caveats.
Linen, wool and indigo
C&C Milano, Abraham Moon, Tensira, Hosoo, Dusen Dusen, Almedahls and Mungo.
- C&C Milano — The Milan house’s natural linen furnishings, with honest caveats.
- Abraham Moon — The Yorkshire vertical woollen mill, with honest caveats.
- Tensira — The Guinea-woven, Paris-based indigo cloth, with honest caveats.
- Hosoo — The Kyoto Nishijin weaving house, with honest caveats.
- Dusen Dusen — The Brooklyn studio’s graphic colour-block prints, with honest caveats.
- Almedahls — The heritage Swedish print house, with honest caveats.
- Mungo — The South African own-mill weaving house, with honest caveats.
Rugs, part 1
Chevalier édition, Nordic Knots, Tai Ping, The Rug Company, Object Carpet, Ege and Limited Edition.
- Chevalier édition — The Paris house’s designer hand-knots, woven in Nepal, with honest caveats.
- Nordic Knots — The Swedish brand’s minimalist rugs, woven in India, with honest caveats.
- Tai Ping — The Hong Kong house’s luxury custom carpets, with honest caveats.
- The Rug Company — The London house’s designer hand-knots, woven in Nepal, with honest caveats.
- Object Carpet — The German maker’s recyclable machine carpet, made in Germany, with honest caveats.
- Ege — The Danish maker’s sustainable machine carpet, made in Denmark, with honest caveats.
- Limited Edition — The Belgian maker’s vertically-integrated rugs, made in Mouscron, with honest caveats.
Rugs, part 2
Obeetee, Amini, Bolon, Dovecot, Sera Helsinki, Perletta and Fabula Living.
- Obeetee — The century-old Indian maker’s hand-knotted rugs, woven in Mirzapur, with honest caveats.
- Amini — The Milan house’s designer hand-knots, woven in India and Nepal, with honest caveats.
- Bolon — The Swedish maker’s woven-vinyl flooring and rugs, made in Ulricehamn, with honest caveats.
- Dovecot — The Edinburgh studio’s hand-woven tapestries and tufted rugs, made in Scotland, with honest caveats.
- Sera Helsinki — The Finnish brand’s rugs woven in Ethiopia, with honest caveats.
- Perletta — The Dutch studio’s rugs, handwoven in Morocco, with honest caveats.
- Fabula Living — The Danish brand’s wool rugs, hand-made in India, with honest caveats.
Rugs, part 3
Kasthall, Ruckstuhl, Woodnotes, Merida, Jan Kath, Golran and Christopher Farr.
- Kasthall — The Swedish maker’s loom-woven wool and linen rugs, made in Kinna, with honest caveats.
- Ruckstuhl — The Swiss maker’s natural-fibre rugs, woven in Langenthal, with honest caveats.
- Woodnotes — The Finnish maker’s spun paper-yarn rugs, woven in Lapua, with honest caveats.
- Merida — The American maker’s natural-fibre rugs, woven in Massachusetts, with honest caveats.
- Jan Kath — The German designer’s hand-knotted rugs, woven in Nepal, with honest caveats.
- Golran — The Milan house’s reworked-vintage and hand-knotted rugs, with honest caveats.
- Christopher Farr — The London house’s artist-collaboration hand-knots, with honest caveats.
At a glance: founding, base and signature
Taken from each guide’s fact panel. Follow the link for detail and caveats.
| Brand | Founded | Based | Signature |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Moon | 1837 (Yorkshire) | Guiseley, UK | Woven wool |
| Aelfie | 2012 (Brooklyn) | Brooklyn → LA | Maximalist rugs |
| Almedahls | 1846 (Sweden) | Kinna | Heritage prints |
| Amini | 1962 (Italy) | Milan · woven India & Nepal | Milan Oriental hand-knots |
| Armadillo | 2009 (Australia) | Australia | Natural-fibre rugs |
| ARMAGGAN | See guide | Istanbul | Natural-dye textiles |
| Avoca | 1723 (Ireland) | Co. Wicklow | Woven throws |
| Bemboka | See guide | Australia | Knit blankets |
| Bolon | 1949 (Sweden) | Ulricehamn, SE | Swedish woven vinyl |
| Brita Sweden | See guide | Stockholm | Woven plastic rugs |
| Burel Factory | See guide | Serra da Estrela | Fulled-wool textiles |
| C&C Milano | 1996 (Milan) | Milan | Linen furnishings |
| Caralarga | 2014 (Mexico) | Querétaro | Raw-cotton textiles |
| cc-tapis | 2011 (Italy) | Milan | Design rugs, knotted in Nepal |
| Chevalier édition | 2008 (France) | Paris · woven Nepal | French-edited hand-knots |
| Christopher Farr | 1988 (UK) | London · woven S/C Asia | Artist-collaboration hand-knots |
| Christy | 1850 (UK) | Manchester | Terry-towel heritage |
| Création Baumann | 1886 (Switzerland) | Langenthal | Technical textiles |
| Dedar | 1976 (reported) | Como | Fabrics & wallcoverings |
| Designers Guild | 1970 (UK) | London | Colourful fabrics |
| Designtex | 1962 (USA) | New York | Contract textiles |
| Dovecot | 1912 (Scotland) | Edinburgh, Scotland | Scottish tapestry & tufted rugs |
| Dusen Dusen | 2010 (Brooklyn) | Brooklyn | Graphic prints |
| Ege | 1938 (Denmark) | Herning, DK | Sustainable Danish carpet |
| Eskayel | 2008 (Brooklyn) | Brooklyn · San Diego | Watercolour prints |
| Fabula Living | 2004 (Denmark) | Denmark · woven India | Danish-design flatweave |
| Fog Linen Work | 1999 | Tokyo | Lithuanian-linen textiles |
| Fortuny | 1921 (Venezia) | Venice | Printed velvets |
| Foxford | 1892 (Ireland) | Co. Mayo | Woollen blankets |
| Frette | 1860 (France→Italy) | Monza | Jacquard hotel linens |
| GAN | 2008 (Spain) | Valencia | Design rugs, woven in India |
| Golran | 1898 (Italy) | Milan, IT | Reworked-vintage hand-knots |
| Good Earth | 1996 (India) | India | Luxury home textiles |
| Hosoo | 1688 (Kyoto) | Kyoto | Nishijin weave |
| JAB Anstoetz | 1946 (Germany) | Bielefeld | Furnishing textiles |
| Jaipur Rugs | 1978 (India) | Rajasthan | Hand-knotted rugs |
| Jakob Schlaepfer | 1904 (St. Gallen) | St. Gallen | Couture textiles |
| Jan Kath | 1990s (Germany) | Designed Bochum · woven Nepal | Contemporary hand-knotted rugs |
| Jim Thompson | 1948 (Thailand) | Bangkok | Thai silk |
| Johanna Gullichsen | 1989 (Helsinki) | Finland | Double-weave fabric |
| Johnstons of Elgin | 1797 (Scotland) | Elgin | Cashmere & tweed |
| Kasthall | 1889 (Sweden) | Kinna, Sweden | Swedish loom-woven rugs |
| Klippan | 1879 (Sweden) | Klippan | Wool blankets |
| Kvadrat | 1968 (Denmark) | Ebeltoft | Design textiles |
| Lapuan Kankurit | 1973 (Finland) | Lapua | Jacquard linen & wool |
| Les Toiles du Soleil | 1897 (France) | Catalonia, FR | Woven stripes |
| Libeco | 1858 (Belgium) | Meulebeke | Belgian linen |
| Liberty | 1875 (UK) | London | Liberty prints |
| Limited Edition | 1992 (Belgium) | Mouscron, BE | Vertically-integrated Belgian rugs |
| Lisa Corti | 1986 (Milan) | Milan → India | Block-print cottons |
| LRNCE | 2013 (Morocco) | Marrakech | Handmade textiles |
| MagicLinen | 2016 (Lithuania) | Vilnius | Stone-washed linen |
| Maharam | 1902 (USA) | New York | Design textiles |
| Merida | See guide | Fall River, MA | American woven-texture rugs |
| Missoni Home | See guide | Lombardy | The zigzag |
| Morris & Co | 1861 (London) | UK | Pattern & wallpaper |
| Mourne Textiles | 1949 (N. Ireland) | Mourne Mts | Woven wool textiles |
| Mungo | 1998 (S. Africa) | South Africa | Own-mill weave |
| Nani Iro | 2002 (Japan) | Osaka | Double-gauze art prints |
| Nanimarquina | 1987 (Spain) | Barcelona | Design rugs, woven in India |
| No-Mad | 2014 (Mumbai) | Mumbai | Home textiles |
| Nobilis | 1928 (France) | Paris | French fabrics |
| Nordic Knots | 2016 (Sweden) | Stockholm · woven India | Scandinavian-design rugs |
| Nuno | 1984 (Tokyo) | Tokyo · Kiryu | Experimental textiles |
| Obeetee | 1920 (India) | Mirzapur, India | Indian hand-knotted heritage |
| Object Carpet | 1972 (Germany) | Denkendorf, DE | Made-in-Germany carpet |
| Osborne & Little | 1968 (UK) | London | Prints & wallpaper |
| Pendleton | 1909 (USA) | Oregon | Wool blankets |
| Perletta | 1991 (Netherlands) | Elst · woven Morocco | Moroccan-woven natural wool |
| Pierre Frey | 1935 (France) | Paris | French fabrics |
| Rubelli | See guide | Venice | Venetian silks & velvets |
| Ruckstuhl | 1881 (Switzerland) | Langenthal, CH | Swiss natural-fibre rugs |
| Røros Tweed | 1940 (Norway) | Røros | Norwegian wool blankets |
| Safomasi | 2012 (India) | Delhi | Story prints |
| Sahco | 1831 (Germany) | Nuremberg | Furnishing fabrics |
| Sanderson | 1860 (UK) | London | English prints |
| Schumacher | 1889 (USA) | New York | American fabrics |
| Sera Helsinki | 2016 (Finland) | Helsinki · woven Ethiopia | Ethiopian-woven natural wool |
| Society Limonta | 2000 (Italy) | Costa Masnaga | Washed lived-in linen |
| Sophie Digard | 1999 (reported) | Paris → Madagascar | Hand-crochet |
| Svenskt Tenn | 1924 (Sweden) | Stockholm | Josef Frank prints |
| Tai Ping | 1956 (Hong Kong) | HK · woven China & Nepal | Luxury custom carpets |
| Teixidors | 1983 (Spain) | Terrassa | Handwoven textiles |
| Tekla | 2017 (Denmark) | Copenhagen | Designs-for-longevity bedding |
| Tensira | 2009 (reported) | Paris → Guinea | Handwoven cotton |
| The Rug Company | 1997 (UK) | London · woven Nepal | Designer-collaboration hand-knots |
| Timorous Beasties | 1990 (Glasgow) | Glasgow | Toile & wallpaper |
| Vlisco | 1846 (Netherlands) | Helmond | Dutch wax prints |
| Woodnotes | 1987 (Finland) | Lapua, Finland | Spun paper-yarn rugs |
| Zimmer + Rohde | 1899 (Germany) | Oberursel | Furnishing textiles |
| Élitis | 1988 (France) | Toulouse | Wallcoverings & fabrics |
Frequently asked questions
Who owns Morris & Co?
Sanderson Design Group, according to our guide.
Where are Nanimarquina rugs made?
They are woven in India, according to our guide.
See also our wallpaper brand guidelines.
Part of our Home & Kitchen brand guidelines. See also all collections.