Our customer in Warrington, PA inherited several hand-knotted oriental rugs from his father that were made in Kerman, Iran about forty years ago . One of the rugs, approximately 10x10 square, suffered severe moth damage while in storage following sale of the parent's home, and our customer asked Brandon for an inexpensive remedy.
Reweaving of such a large area of pile loss (as seen in the second image - above) would have been quite costly; and unjustified relative to the rug's resale value at present.
Still, our customer hoped to be able to use the rug in a second home he owns, and desired some kind of cosmetic improvement in the rug's appearance if possible to permit it.
Brandon Oriental Rugs (which offers rug cleaning and rug repair services for oriental rugs to customers in a large region surrounding Bucks County, PA) consulted with numerous rug artisans to see what might be possible.
The option chosen by our customer is to have the rug reduced in size by cutting off the entire border outside the outer guard stripe. This completely eliminates the damaged section, and the need for any reweaving or pile replacement. After cutting, the edges will be bound all around (per the third image below) and a replacement fringe sewn to the ends to protect them and restore the original look of the rug.
This repair is a fractional cost of that to reweave the sections that were moth-damaged, and provides a rug that still looks beautiful and offers an extended period of use (with pride) in his home.
Old, worn and damaged hand-knotted rugs do NOT need to be trashed. Extended enjoyment of them is possible via use of a number of remedies; many of them economically justified.
Here are the areas and communities we serve directly with all of our #rug-services (including #Rug-Search(tm); #rug-cleaning, #rug-repairs, #rug-appraisals, #room-measurements, #free-delivery, #interior-design-assistance, #rug-consignments, #rug-storage, #insurance-rug-damage-claims, #rug-shipment):
Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Doylestown, Jamison, Warminster, Warrington, Warwick, Washington Crossing, Upper Makefield, Newtown, Yardley, Langhorne, Richboro, Northhampton, Buckingham, Chalfont, Furlong, Lahaska (Peddlers Village), New Hope, Quakertown, Pipersville, Ottsville, Plunstead Township, Buckingham Township, Solebury, Upper Makefield Township, Lower Makefield Township, Bristol, Oxford Valley, Levittown, Morrisville, Wrightstown, Penns Purchase
Philadelphia and Suburbs in Southeast Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Malvern, Devon, Main Line, Chestnut Hill and Bryn Mawr
Mercer County, NJ and nearby communities: Princeton, Titusville, Hamilton, NJ and vicinity
Hunterdon County, NJ and nearby communities: Lambertville, Clinton, Stockton, Whitehouse Station, Flemington, Ringoes, Basking Ridge, Bernardsville, Chester, Mendham
Chester, Montgomery and Delaware Counties in Pennsylvania: Valley Forge, King of Prussia, Upper and Lower Merion, Ft. Washington, Blue Bell, Lansdale, Abington, Rydal, Haverford, Huntingdon Valley, Abington, Newtown Square, Rydal, Paoli, Swarthmore, Conshohocken, Norristown, Harleysville, Blue Bell, Lower Gwynedd, Gwynedd Township, Montgomeryville, North Wales, West Point, Upper Frederick Township, Pennsburg, Greenlane, Perkiomonville, Souderton, Sellersville, Pottstown, Chester Springs, West Chester
Lehigh, Berks, Northhampton Counties in Pennsylvania: Easton, Bath, Bangor, Allentown, Bethlehem, Center Valley, Lower Saucon Township and the entire Lehigh Valley
The Poconos and Susquehanna Valley: Jim Thorpe, Mauch Chunk, Hawley, Scranton, Wilkes Barre, Pottsville, Stroudsberg, Delaware River Gap
New Horizons (Outside above Listed Areas)? Invite us to help you. We look forward to opportunities to explore new horizons. If we cannot help you with direct-to-door service, we are always pleased to answer questions and offer suggestions of value to you relative to your interest(s) in fine quality handmade rugs. Please give us a call if you need help.
