Members of the Textile Museum Associates of Southern California held an annual event this past weekend in beautiful Palos Verdes. Rugs, textiles and ethnically inspired compatible items of personal adornment were brought to show and sell to other members and guests. (TMA/SC)…
If these rugs could talk, what a tale they would tell! I have always thought that old and antique rugs have so much to tell. For example when I see an old Hamedan rug in a customer’s house in Beverly…
Yesterday was Monday September 5, 2011. It was the Labor day and an official holiday here in the U.S. It was also the last day of a wonderful exhibition called the “Gift of the Sultan” in which the famous Ardabil…
Sometimes the appearance of our rugs and carpets is out of the owners control… especially if they have pets! One of the services we provide for rug owners is pet scratch shaving restoration. Cats especially love to use their owners…
My beloved Ardabil carpet has been on display for a few weeks at Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA as part of Gifts of the Sultan exhibition. This will end on Monday September 5, 2011. If you can, pay…
Looking Behind the Veil. Reading Between the Lines Last Saturday, August 29, 2011 we had an interesting program in our Textile Museum Associates of Southern California. Christian Erber a German scholar who is an authority in the field of Mediterranean…
Before we do rug cleaning, we inspect each rug individually. If securing is needed, we do it to make sure the rug is not damaged in the process of cleaning. After we do the cleaning and before we deliver the…
Cosmetic Rug Repair is one of the great services we provide to our clients to restore their rugs to a more authentic original condition. The pictures above show a pictorial Isfahan rug that has been restored with new…
Dealing with old and antique rugs means that sometimes we are handling fragile items or areas of the rug that have been damaged from wear and tear as well as by pets, furniture, water and moths. We examine each rug…
If Someone wants to sell you a rug as an antique Pakistani rug, what would you do? Usually antiques of any kind including rugs and carpets should be not less than a years old. Pakistan became into existence and received…