Basic knowledge

Textile floor coverings, carpet types

The following is a compilation of common names for individual carpets:

 

  • Bouclé: pile carpet whose surface (pile) consists of small loops, also called loop fabric or loop pile carpet
  • Cut-loop: also called cut loop carpet, in which an alternation of loop and cut pole creates a decorative pattern of the floor
  • Flat weave: Two-dimensional woven carpet without pile
  • Flat carpet: see flatweave
  • flock floor covering: made of vertical pile fibres that are glued to the underlying carrier layer
  • Pile carpet: three-dimensional carpet in which the pile (pile) forms the sole wear layer, while the carrier layer remains invisible, e.g. loop pile carpet, cut pile carpet or cut loop carpet
  • Shaggy carpet: pile carpet with high pile height
  • Needle fleece floor covering: Fibre sections in a tangled position are felted together by needling
  • Low pile carpet: pile carpet with low pile height
  • Pile carpet: see pile carpet
  • Polvfleece floor covering: Fibre sections, matted together by needling, with individual fibres protruding to create a pole-like and structured surface
  • Relief fabric: Cut loop carpet, in which loop and cut pole have different heights
  • Loop pile carpet: see Bouclé
  • Loop fabric: see Bouclé
  • Cut pile: also called velour or cut pile carpet. Pole carpet, in which the pile loops are cut open during production
  • Cut pile carpet: see cut pile
  • Loop carpet: see Cut-Loop
  • Shag: Shaggy carpet with a "shaggy" appearance
  • Tufted carpet: (three-dimensional) pile carpet made by tufting
  • velour: See cut pile
  • woven carpet: (three-dimensional) pile carpet or (two-dimensional) flat weave produced by weaving

Source: bauwion