Varamin Carpets: Old Traditions, New Ideas We produced Gabbehs rugs for many years in the province of Fars in Iran. The city of Shiraz was our center and headquarters in Gabbeh production. In 1995, we were looking for another place…
Yesterday was Saturday and it rained a lot here in Los Angeles. The rain had started from Thursday. We received few emergency phone calls from customers who had water damaged rugs. We picked up those rugs. Some of these rugs…
The carpet, rug and floor covering industry has gone through many changes in the past forty years that I remember. There were limited types of rugs and kilims used as floor covering. But now, you see innovation everywhere. Since we…
Rug repair comes in between rug restoration, and rug conservation. It does not necessarily use the same original weaving techniques, color types or fiber. It makes the damaged rug look nicer. It prevents further damages by for example securing the…
I did not want to have a very lengthy post, so for rug conservation and repair, I am having separate posts. Conservation of a rug when we try to preserve the rug and protect it against more damages and further…
Rug restoration, conservation and repair cannot be used interchangeably as each one is different from the other one. Then, what is the difference? We do all these three.Restoration of a rug is when we restore an repair an antique, old…
It has been raining in Los Angeles since few days ago. We have received several rugs which were damaged by water for cleaning and color restoration. Some of these rugs were left in the garages or parking spaces. Some were…
Tomorrow, Monday Jan. 18, 2010 is the last day of Ardabil and Coronation carpets on display in Los Angels County Museum of Art LACMA. Today is Sunday and I will go to work from 12:00 to 4:00 pm. I am…
We managed to survive, but it was a very slow 2009. Buyers did not want to spend money buying rugs and if they did, they were looking for cheaper rugs. Those who needed to clean or repair their rugs were…
Yesterday, Sunday December 6, 2009, Dr. Jon Thompson of London delivered an excellent lecture in our rug gallery on 1655 South La Cienega Blvd. in Los Angeles on Safavid Carpets. It was well attended and well received. Here I am…