Pazyryk Carpet
It is almost 2:00 am and I just finished publishing a post on my animal carpet blog on the mysterious Pazyryk carpet. Writing and reading about Pazyryk is very exciting as there are many questions to be answered. This rug…
Rug Books in Los Angeles Public Library
I was at work today, Saturday from 12:00 to 4:00 pm. I wanted to check out a rug book from our nearby Los Angeles Public Library Robertson Branch. I contacted them. They did not have it, but the down town…
Sheepskin Lambskin Cleaning
A couple, husband and wife brought in this pair of Lambskin/sheepskin for cleaning. I was curious to see what kind of use they have for this pair. Can you guess? They are meditation mats! When your mat is soft and…
Tapestry Cleaning Tapestry Repair Tapestry restoration
After two months of hard work, we finished the restoration of a huge 10′ x 14′ antique tapestry. We hand cleaned this tapestry and then started its restoration. I assigned two of our master weavers with decades of experience to…
Rug Cleaning and Dirty Rugs
Once in a while we receive a very dirty rug for cleaning. We think this is the dirtiest rug ever. In a few days, we receive another record-breaking dirty rug. I am thinking of having a dirty rug contest to…
Our Rug Library
I always buy rug books and give some of them to our clients who appreciate rugs, kilims, and textiles. Our old library was small so I bought this new library which is bigger and can place in more books. Sometimes…
Kashan Rug Cleaning and Repair
A customer brought in a pair of dirty Kashan rugs, ca. 5′ x 7′ 5″ for cleaning and repair. The fringes on both ends were severely damaged by using them on the floor for many years and also by vacuum…
A Response to a Very Irresponsible Comment
In my earlier post, I cited an anonymous comment from a reader of my blog criticizing me for cleaning rugs for ” a bunch of white Americans that have their noses high up in the air.” I did not see…
You drive around like a pizza delivery guy
I received this anonymous comment on one of my recent posts on tapestry cleaning, tapestry repair/restoration. I don’t intend to reply to this comment. It may be from a competitor or someone that I do not care about. “Sorry,…
Iranian African American Named Tehran!
I watched this video at work. Although long, I could not stop watching it. This post and this video has nothing to do with carpets, but it is worth watching. Great job by an Iranian African American. Dr. Khosrow Sobhe…