Roger Oates Design
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- Made by
- Roger Oates and Fay Morgan
- Date
- founded 1989
- Place
- Eastnor, near Ledbury, Herefordshire (tufting workshop in Devon)
- Held by
- Roger Oates Design
- Themes
- Companies & modern tufting, Global diffusion of tufting
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Research notes
Founded in 1989 as Roger Oates Design Associates, a studio that employed handloom weavers and hand-tufters; moved to the Long Barn on the Eastnor Castle estate in 1993–94, London showroom 1999, Ledbury showroom 2022. Best known for flatweave runners; its hand-tufted rugs (British wool) are made in a company workshop in Devon. Why it matters: one of few UK firms documented as hand-tufting domestically; most British carpet history is woven (Axminster, Wilton). Dates: 1989 (Wikipedia); 1993 vs 1994 for the Eastnor move. The Devon workshop's start date not found. Other pages with images: https://www.rogeroates.com/blog/behind-the-scenes-hand-tufted-rugs/ Independent sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Oates · https://biid.org.uk/hand-tufted-rugs-made-uk-using-100-british-wool Research note (Oct 2026): facts taken from search-result summaries; the pages themselves weren't opened. Check the cited pages before quoting.