Category: Rug Cleaning
Antique Oriental Rug Cleaning
We wanted to write about a very special rug we have been working on for quite some time. This is a Turkish Ousak c.1900 with pure wool hand knotted pile, woolen warp and weft foundations and all natural dyes. Oriental rug cleaning (11) In an earlier ...
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Oriental Rug Cleaning
We recently collected six Oriental and Persian carpets and rugs from an address in Central London. All rugs were in need of a very good hand wash, most of which had not been cleaned in well over 30 years! Our collections team picked the rugs up from ...
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Highland rugs cleaned and repaired in Edinburgh
We recently had an enquiry from a previous client in the Highland Perthshire, who had sold their house and was moving to Surrey on the outskirts of London for their retirement. They had five rugs for assessment and wanted them picked up from the Scot...
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A large Persian Nain carpet cleaned and repaired
We were recently asked to give our opinion on a large Persian Nian rug, which, according to our client “needed some TLC”. The client lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. On arrival we were shown to the dining room where, under a large table, sat a typic...
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Large Persian carpets specialist cleaned and repaired
We decided to write about this project as it was quite an undertaking and the results were really spectacular. We received a very worried call from our client who lives in Maida Vale, London. She bought three very, very large Persian Nain carpets ove...
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Carpet Cleaned for a Shooting Estate
We were asked in early December 2015 if we could pick up, specialist hand clean and fringe repair two antique Persian carpets/rugs. The client requested the carpets to be retuned to the property before Christmas – giving us just over three weeks to...
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A Persian Nain Silk Rug in Fulham
A Nain City Weave rug is a very recognisable Persian rug. Luxurious to touch, usually wool on a cotton foundation, with silk highlights. They are normally cream with blue or red patterns, naturally dyed and hand woven in the specific region of Iran. ...
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Perth, Scotland – Rugs Cleaned and Repaired
We received a call from a client in a farmhouse in Perthshire, Scotland. She explained that they were recommended our services for cleaning and repair of Oriental and Persian rugs by a friend. They hoped we would be able to solve the moth problem the...
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Earls Court, London Oriental Rug Cleaned and Restored
We recently cleaned and restored a very fine Turkish oriental rug from a client in Earls Court (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Central London). As you can see from the image, this is a particularly fine piece with very soft wools. The piece...
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A Flood Damaged Persian Rug Carefully Hand Washed
We have just hand cleaned a beautiful Persian Qashqai rug that was damaged by a house flood in one of our clients homes in Edinburgh. The combined weight of rug and water was and incredible 8 stone when wet. We hand clean and repair many oriental car...
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