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Cleaning, Repair & Restoration
Hand-made oriental rugs are “green” products for your home. They are made with all natural materials; they are repairable, and enduring. Our master cleaning and repair can revive even the most damaged or filthy carpets. The big bonus is that in 80 years they will be worth much more than you paid for them, your grandchildren will thank you.
Services for pile rugs, flatweaves (kilims), wall hangings, artifacts (tent trappings, donkey saddlebags, etc.) or almost any textile art:
Cleaning
◊ Simple wash
◊ Problem-solving immersion-wash (pet stains, wine spills, heavy soil) using a secret herbal recipe passed down to Shahid Khokhar, our master carpet craftsman.
◊ Spot clean
◊ Remove color bleed
Repairs
◊ Sew on new machine-made fringe
◊ Restore original woven fringe
◊ Reweave small to large damaged areas or broken edges
◊ Patch holes with pieces from nearly identical carpets
◊ Recolor worn or faded sections
Restoration
Shahid Khokhar carries his family’s carpet craftsmanship into its third generation. He can take your family heirlooms, from sentimental pieces to extremely valuable antiques, and repair them using authentic materials and historically appropriate techniques. This process not only preserves their integrity but enhance their value as investments.
◊ Free Estimates ◊
Before After
Some stories:
Iranian Diamonds in the Rough
Janet descended to the basement where three carpets lay crumpled in heaps. These disheveled heirlooms survived dogs & cats, a broken water heater, shipment from the south to the north, and proved it in their stench, the white-residue cloaked fibers, and gaping basketball sized holes and tattered edges. She asked me, “Should I just toss these?”, “Let Shahid take a look at them”, I said. He discovered that the smaller 9’x7’ Iranian Kerman was worth $9,000 and the larger, 11’x13’, sister carpet was worth $12,000 in its current condition! Janet decided to restore them. When they rolled out in her newly remodeled home she had tears in her eyes, “I can’t believe these are the same carpets, they are gorgeous. I’m so proud to have them back, my mother would be happy. And where did the holes go?”
Antique Cat Scratch Pad
Pat & Dan had let their beloved cat tear at the small 2.5’x4’ throw rug that graced their bathroom floor. Threadbare in spots, holes here and there, with edges & fringes dangling and broken threads they asked to just tidy up the loose bits. Shahid’s estimate for a thorough cleaning and tidying the bits was $172.00. His recommendation was for repairs totaling $1,500. I asked him, “Why would Pat & Dan want to spend fifteen hundred on this tiny throw rug?” Shahid replied, “This is a 100 year old Turkoman Yomud, very valuable. I could take it to New York today and get $15,000 for it as is.” It is now repaired, and the cat would have to climb the wall to scratch it.
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