Have you ever wondered where your rug came from? Do you want to know the origin of your rug? If it has wool foundation (if the fringes are wool) there is almost a very high chance that your rug is…
This past Saturday I was at work at my rug store from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. I did not feel like sitting behind my desk and doing regular office work. So I repaired some parts of the selvage of…
Within these past few days gold has been at a record high while the stock market has been dropping. In these tough economic times it’s good to know that there are investments that don’t fluctuate so much and not only…
Yesterday a customer brought in a Turkish Kilim for Cleaning. The rug was the dirtiest rug we have seen this month. The rug is a beautiful handmade piece with vibrant colors that has been covered by a layer of dust,…
We received this severely damaged 200-year old Persian Mahal rug three months ago by mail from Guam, a U.S. territory island 6,000 miles away right by China. We worked on it for around 75 days and brought it back to…
We received 25 cushions for cleaning and repair. Out of these pieces, there were few which were damaged and needed repair. One of them was a tapestry cushion cover with a very fine and tight weave. It was torn and…
It is a mis-conception that silk is more durable and stronger than wool. Once in a while we receive old and antique tapestries for cleaning and repair. In many cases, the wool parts are in better conditions than the silk…
On August 6th, 2011 our Textile Museum Associates of Southern California (TMA/SC) had a wonderful and well attended lecture on Luri rugs and kilims. Below you may find some information on this event. We ran out of chairs and many…
A good repeat customer brought in 25 cushions for cleaning and repair. She needed these cushions cleaned and returned to her before the end of the week. I removed all of the duck feather pillows and put each one in…
We see many rugs damaged by vacuuming. Therefore we recorded a short video on how rugs should be vacuumed professionally. Many of our customers who have maids wanted us to have this video in Spanish. This was on our to…