Posts Tagged ‘rug maintenance’

How to Keep Your Hand-Knotted Persian Rug in Wonderful Condition You’ve just purchased a genuine hand-knotted Persian or Oriental rug and you’re over-the-moon happy with it. It’s gorgeous. Its design is one you love. You’ve researched the design’s history and you feel even closer to the rug, now that you understand the hard work and […]

Taking Steps to Minimize Pet Damage to Your Rug If you’re reading this, chances are, you have a pet at home! Does your furry friend just love to mark everything, including your Persian rug? Lament no more, because there are steps that you can take at home to minimize the damage done to your rug. […]

Owning a rug carries responsibility if you want it to last and appreciate in value. We’ve made a list of the most common ways fine rugs get damaged and how to prevent them.

The fringe is the most delicate part of a rug. Fringe is the name for the threads that hang off each vertical end of the rug. Fringe can be damaged by foot traffic, pets, and vacuuming. Vacuuming is the biggest enemy of fine rugs. The beater brush tears and pulls on the fringe, causing breakage and tangling the fibers into knots that don’t disengage easily and eventually break. Robotic vacuum cleaners have a tendency to “eat” the fringe and edges of your rug- ripping and tearing indiscriminately.

What is rug restoration, you may be wondering? Restoration is a step above simpler repairs. Rug restoration restores a rug by weaving in the exact manner it was originally created. Restoration work should be very hard to detect. There are a variety of services encompassed by the term restoration, we will cover the most commonly performed.