Beautiful antique hand knotted Persian Malayer rug 3′ 5″ x 4′ 9″ pre-1900. This unique rug has symmetrical knots, cotton foundation and lamb’s wool pile. It is single-wefted with floral design. The small town of Malayer is in the province…
We iron the edges by using a damp cotton cloth and then sew leather strips by hand to the edges on the back of the rug. This will take care of the problem. Usually machine made area rugs and new…
20,463 Visits 17,655 Unique Visitors 31,310 Page view These are the statistics of my blog for the past 12 months. The visits for the previous year was 14,549. So this year, the number of visits has increased by 40% compared with the last…
Balouch rugs are made mostly in the province of Khorassan in north east Iran. They are entry level rugs for those who want to start buying/collecting rugs. Balouch rugs have the following characteristics: 1- They are small and below the…
By using rugs and carpets on the floor and vacuuming them, tassels or fringes at the ends get damaged and unravel. This may lead to losing the design of the rug if the problem is not properly taken care of. There may…
We received a huge 12′ x 23′ hand knotted Persian Kerman carpet for cleaning and restoration. It was dirty, full of dust and also with glue on the back. Probably it was thought that the glue could save the rug…
We sometimes receive Moroccan kilims and rugs for cleaning and repair. If these pieces are not washed by a professional, some colors may run and bleed. We had a customer few weeks ago who had washed her Moroccan kilim in…
In our Rug Tent Sale, we sold several hand knotted Persian rugs, two of which were Varamin carpets from our own looms and productions. Two different customers bought these pieces separately. Varamin is a small town 25 miles south east…
Our Rug Tent Sale on Black Friday and Saturday, November 25, and 26, 2011 was a success. We received several rugs for cleaning, repair and appraisal. We sold several area rugs and runners. We also sold few hand knotted Persian…
Yesterday was the first day of our 2-day Rug Tent Sale in our Los Angeles parking lot and showroom. We started to set up the tent at 9:00 am. We were busy the whole day specially around 12:00 pm and…