J.R. Burrows & Company:
Stourvale Mill Carpet Collection
J.R. Burrows & Company represents the historic carpet
collection of Grosvenor Wilton Company Ltd., of Kidderminster,
England. Their archival patterns, ranging in date from the 1790's
though the early 20th century, are presented under the title of the
Stourvale Mill Collection, named for the historic mill complex that
houses the firm. The mill archive contains over 10,000 pattern
drawings (called "miniatures" or "point papers"), and we offer
historic sites and homeowners a selection of designs for reproduction
from these archival resources. There are over 100 designs in the
current collection of established reproductions, with new designs
added each year. A copy of the archive is available at our office in
Massachusetts for further design research if our current collection
does not meet your needs. We also specialize in custom reproduction
work from original 19th century samples provided by historic sites.
Photographs of some installations can be found on our list of
Work of J.R. Burrows & Company.
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Stourvale Mill Collection Index
The web site currently illustrates only a portion of our full offering of period carpet reproductions. For more information, please call our office and ask for John Burrows, or e-mail john@burrows.com.
Our archival carpets are woven in the two historic types of Wilton
(cut pile) and Brussels (loop pile). Today there is a small
difference in price, but in the 19th century the coveted Wilton
carpets cost double the price of Brussels. In the Federal Period,
when floorcoverings were prized and extremely costly, most wealthy
American families had Brussels carpets in their best rooms. By the
mid-nineteenth century, Wilton carpets were more common in the best
parlors, with Brussels (or ingrains) in the lesser rooms of the
house. In the late nineteenth century, frugal families still carpeted
with Brussels or ingrains, but families who wanted to show they had a
little money to spare preferred the velvet look of Wiltons. The Arts
& Crafts Movement carpets are all offered as cut pile carpet.
More historical information is found at: A Brief History of English Carpets, and the Stourvale Mill and Historic Carpet Cleaning Methods In The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries. In 1995 our carpet and the Stourvale Mill was featured on THIS OLD
HOUSE. As part of the Salem, Massachusetts, Federal House project
a Regency period carpet was woven. Steve Thomas toured Woodward
Grosvenor & Co. showed the process of developing the pattern from
the original archival design, and gave a close look at the looms at
work. The episode concludes with the hand-sewing and fitting of the
carpet in the parlor of the house in Salem.
All Stourvale Mill Collection carpet designs and the William
Morris Carpets are international copyright of Grosvenor Wilton Company Ltd. C.F.A. Voysey Carpets are international copyright of
Tomkinsons Carpets, Ltd.
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Wool Carpet Care Information:
The most important advice is to vacuum regularly (at least
once per week, and more often in areas of high traffic), to
remove spills immediately, and to have the carpets
professionally cleaned once every year to two years. For
more information, including a Spot Removal Chart, please go
to the Wools of New Zealand carpet care web page.
Link to the words "Wools of New Zealand" http://www.fernmark.com/care/care_us.asp
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J.R.
Burrows & Company
P.O. Box 522
Rockland, Massachusetts 02370
E-mail:
merchant@burrows.com
Phone: (800) 347-1795; Phone: (781) 982-1812 Fax: (781) 982-1636
