Posts By: spokesdigital
Oriental rugs Hand Washed and Repaired
Mr & Mrs F asked us to visit their home in North London to appraise a large selection of Oriental carpets, rugs and runners. Although the collection were in decent condition, fringed ends and sides of many of the pieces required some TLC and the ...
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Oriental Rug Cleaning Edinburgh & London
We have just been entrusted by a client to clean and restore an antique Donegal rug, designed by William Morris and valued well into 6 figures. Most people associate expensive handmade rugs with Persia and Afghanistan etc. and are little aware, that ...
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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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Persian and Oriental rugs repaired in Chelsea, London
We recently collected two very special Oriental rugs from one of our clients in Chelsea (SW3), London. The client called us after they spotted a number of small moths flying in the drawing room and one of the bedrooms. One was a Persian Tabriz rug wh...
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Rug repaired, restored and cleaned in London
We received a call from an existing client in London who has a collection of very fine Oriental carpets and rugs that we have cleaned and repaired in the past. This particular blog is regarding the finest of the clients collection – a pure silk Qum...
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October Update
The summer has been really busy with a huge variety of rugs for repair, including an antique Zeigler circa 1800 valued at £220,000 and an Esphahan, bought in a sale for £2.5k and valued once repaired for £15,000, a pleasant surprise for the owner....
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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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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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