Rug Weaving or Repair: Which One Is Tougher?
Rug weaving is a very tough job and requires a lot of patience. Rug repair on the other hand needs a lot of expertise and patience as well. The rug weaver only makes a similar type of rug with the…
Educated Rugs Customers in Los Angeles
I know a little bit more about rugs than my average rug customers. Therefore I would like to share my knowledge of Oriental carpets with them. That is why I have set up a table in my rug gallery on…
Moth Damaged Hand Knotted Oriental Carpets and Rugs in Los Angeles
More than any other types of damages, we receive rugs which are damaged by moths. Many people store the rugs in dark and humid places without vacuuming or cleaning them for a long time. There are so much protein and…
Repairing a Severely Moth Damaged Rug From Hollywood, Los Angeles
We received a severely moth damaged hand knotted Pakistani rug for repair. This rug was not vacuumed and was not cleaned for many years. It was left in a dark room upstairs in this customer’s house in Hollywood in Los…
How Can a Rug Dealer Survive in Hard Times?
I was thinking to find out how a rug dealer can survive and become successful in a stormy market like the one we are experiencing these days! By successful, I mean to be able to pay the bills, and take…
Moth Damaged Balouch Rug and the Rug Repair
Few weeks ago a repeat customer brought in a badly moth damaged Balouch rug. I told him that the Balouch rug was not worth that much, but he wanted us to give him an estimate for the repair. After we…
To Save or Not to Save: Rug Cleaning Rug Repair Los Angeles
We receive many rugs for cleaning and repair which are in bad condition. The owner of the rug could have saved the rug if he/she had cleaned or repaired the rug sooner and before it was too late. Some of…
Rug Cleaning, Rug Repair, Slow Rug Market Los Angeles
It has been very slow lately in Los Angeles. It has been Easter and few other religious and cultural holidays as well as spring break for many schools here. We were busy with few rug sales and rug cleaning and…
Textile Museum Associates of Southern California, TMA/SC TMASC Board meeting
It was Saturday yesterday and we had board meeting in the Textile Museum Associates of Southern California, TMASC in the home of a board member. We started at 9:30 am and finished at 1:30 pm. Several reports like the membership,…
Mothball Dispute, Area Rug Sale, Rug Cleaning and Repair, Tapestries
During the past couple of days, we were busy with selling area rugs, getting some Oriental carpets for cleaning and repair, and selling two tapestries. A customer had given us 13 rugs for cleaning and repair from Malibu, a very…