Fitted carpet

Fitted carpets were originally woven to the dimensions of the specific area they were covering.

Very popular in the sixties thanks to its colorful prints, most carpets took a decorative appearance inside houses.

[2][3] In the early twentieth century, a new manufacturing method called "tufting" revolutionized the carpeting industry.

[6] It implies poking yarn tufts in a textile support close to a sewing machine.

The carpet is then equipped with a folder (rewoven, jute, plastic or cotton) pasted on the back of the tuft.

There are three types of fiber: natural, coming from animals (wool), vegetable (seagrass, coir, sisal) and synthetic (polyamide or polypropylene).

The carpet fitter is stretching a carpet onto gripper strip using a manual stretcher tool.
A "carpet gripper" tack strip, for a fitted carpet
A manual carpet stretcher tool