United Weavers grows mix

Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 7/22/2002 12:00:00 AM

ATLANTA —

United Weavers has introduced a new licensed program created in conjunction with the venerable British manufacturer Woodard Grosvenor, the rug maker for British royalty for over two centuries. The Minster collection unveiled during the rug market here features designs from the Woodard Grosvenor archives, which contains 20,000 hand-painted designs. The collection launched with 20 designs, constructed in 1.1-million-points olefin.

Retail pricing is $399 for a 6' x 9'. The collection includes print hangtags describing the history of each design as well as push-button audio boxes that also supply history.