English Rush Floor 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.

English rush floor matting.

Herbs such as lavender and southernwood are added into the weave as the flooring is being made. Lavender artemesia camomile. We reqularly make the rush matting as a carpet more rush or apple matting. Other natural materials such as coir and palm are also used in some of the following products.

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. All our plaiting is interwoven with herbs. This thickness of. 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.

Traditional rush floor matting is also known as medieval or apple matting. Each days cut is transported back to the farm and stood up against a 500m hedge to allow sun and wind to dry the rush over a few days. Jute rug english rush floor matting rush matters rush matting rug 170 00 per sqm fully fitted. The edges of the rugs are bound in either a narrow rush plait or linen tape binding.

The english home team would love to see this important and wonderful skill cherished commissioned and preserved on a much wider level. The core of rush matters work is traditional rush floor matting also known as medieval matting and apple matting. By the time of the english tudors floor coverings in castles were mostly purchased rush mats. This is because the rushes are thick long and strong.

English rush floor matting rush matters area rugs or hall runners can be made to any size requirements. Some top designers including veere grenney and ben pentreath use rush matting in their interiors. Showing all 10 results. Short fragile grass cannot be made into mats.

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. Mere grass will not do. Then the rush mats still called rushes were put on the floor and herbs sprinkled over them. Matting the natural appeal of rush matting is available to purchase online.

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