English Rush Floor Matting

Some top designers including veere grenney and ben pentreath use rush matting in their interiors.

English rush floor matting.

By the time of the english tudors floor coverings in castles were mostly purchased rush mats. Rug runner english rush matting rug 165 00 per sqm waveney rush rug rush matting. This is because the rushes are thick long and strong. Matting the natural appeal of rush matting is available to purchase online.

Showing all 10 results. River rushes are always specified. In the late medieval and early renaissance periods loose rushes gave way to woven or stitched rush mats on floors which provided similar benefits but wore well and were easier to replace. The edges of the rugs are bound in either a narrow rush plait or linen tape binding.

Herbs such as lavender and southernwood are added into the weave as the flooring is being made. Mere grass will not do. The english home team would love to see this important and wonderful skill cherished commissioned and preserved on a much wider level. Short fragile grass cannot be made into mats.

The core of rush matters work is traditional rush floor matting also known as medieval matting and apple matting. Then the rush mats still called rushes were put on the floor and herbs sprinkled over them. Jute rug english rush floor matting rush matters rush matting rug 170 00 per sqm fully fitted. Other natural materials such as coir and palm are also used in some of the following products.

We reqularly make the rush matting as a carpet more rush or apple matting. The rush is plaited by hand using a nine end flat weave into lengths three inches wide and then hand sewn together with jute twine. It smells as good as it looks and should be sprayed with an atomizer now and then to rejuvenate the rush and to release the scent. Traditional rush floor matting is also known as medieval or apple matting.

The bulrush is cut from 17ft long punts using rush knifes a slim scythe shaped blade 3ft long fixed to a 6ft handle enabling the rush stems sometimes up to 10ft in length to be cut from the river bed. Again dressy antiques highly textured rug. All our plaiting is interwoven with herbs. Check out the english rush floor matting in rugs rugs flooring from rush matters for 160 00.

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