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Antique Specialist Rug Cleaning in London
We visited a client last month in London who have three old oriental rugs that have been in the family for years. They have a Pakistani Bokhara rug, a Persian Hamadan rug and an Afghan tribal rug, all hand made with wool pile on cotton warp and weft....
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Persian Rug Cleaning in London
Mr & Mrs N recently got in touch and asked us to collect and hand clean the most gorgeous Antique Persian Tabriz rug. It was over 12 feet long and 9 feet wide (approx. 4 metres by metres) and hand made in Iran in 1880. www.orrc.co.uk We collected...
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Rug Cleaning and Repair in Edinburgh
Four weeks ago, we took delivery of an antique Persian Mahal rug from a client in the Scottish borders to our rug repair workshops in Edinburgh and were tasked with the cleaning and repair of the rug after some damage at home. The client lives in a b...
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The Second Hand Rug Market
Right now is not a great time to sell second hand rugs, the market being influenced by fashion, affordability and availability. Fashion is something that should not affect the rug market, but people are buying rugs for their shape and colour. Light p...
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Persian Rug Wool
As mentioned in the last blog, wool and its quality can have a huge bearing on the quality of a rug and its value. ‘Dead wool’ as detailed before, is by far the cheapest wool available and consequently reflects the quality of the rug. Wool shor...
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