Rug Restoration and Repair Gallery
We have decades of extensive experience in providing the skilled care necessary to preserve thousands of hand knotted rugs and hand woven kilims, including treasured family heirlooms, collectible museum-quality antique rugs, and pieces appreciated for their decorative value in clients' homes.
Please call or email us to learn about scheduling a free inspection of any rugs or kilims you believe may need repair or restoration.Examples of Our Restoration & Repair
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Rug Repair: Antique Caucasian Kazak Rug Repair
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Missing Fragment and Worn Border in Antique Caucasian Kazak Rug
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Reknotted Missing Section and Compromised Border
This exquisite antique Caucasian Kazak rug was worn in several areas and had a section along its border entirely mising. We reknotted the missing fragment and the worn border section.
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Kilim Restoration: Turkish Kilim
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Torn Area in Turkish Gocmen Kilim
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Restored Turkish Gocmen Kilim
The restoration of this Gocmen kilim involved rebuilding parts of the missing and damaged cotton warp and reweaving the missing weft using the traditional slit-weave technique. For more information about this restoration, please visit our blog where we tracked our progress from start to finish.
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Rug Restoration: Antique Turkish Oushak Carpet
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Hole and Worn Areas in Antique Turkish Oushak Carpet
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Restored Antique Turkish Oushak Carpet
The restoration of this antique Turkish Oushak rug included reknotting the golden edges of the flower, the central beige area of the flower, as well as the gray areas surrounding the golden flower. In addition, the pink and golden worn areas were reknotted. For more information on this restoration, please visit our blog where we discuss this project in more detail. -
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Kilim Restoration: Antique Caucasian Kilim
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Worn Areas in Antique Kilim
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Restored Antique Kilim
This restoration of this antique Caucasian kilim involved rebuilding the missing warp of the damaged and worn kilim and reweaving the weft. Restored areas include the blue, ivory, and pink medallion as well as the surrounding brown areas. A significant challenge of restoring antique kilims is finding yarns to use in the restoration that can blend into the existing yarns of the antique kilim.
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Rug Repair: Antique Persian Rug Restoration
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Tear and worn pile in antique Persian rug runner
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Rejoined and reknotted antique Persian rug
This exquisite antique Persian rug had been torn in half. In addition, a signficant part of its pile had been so worn that the warp and weft were exposed thereby compromising the structural integrity of the piece. We rejoined the Persian rug's two pieces and reknotted all the worn areas. We bound the selvages and fringes, completing our extensive restoration.
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Antique Rug Restoration: Antique Persian Serapi Rug
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Tear, Damaged Selvage, and Worn Pile in Antique Persian Serapi
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Restored Antique Persian Serapi Rug
This exquisite antique Persian Serapi rug needed extensive restoration. Pictured above in the first illustration is but one of the sections that needed extensive restoration, including to address a tear in the pile, damage to its selvage, as well as significantly worn pile. Please visit our blog here for more details about our restoration of this exceptional antique Persian rug.
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Rug Repair: Turkish Rug
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Hole in Turkish Rug
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Reknotted Hole in Turkish Rug
This Turkish rug was damaged when a heavy piece of furniture that had rested on the rug for years was repeatedly dragged on the rug eventually causing a small hole on the rug's border. To repair the Turkish rug, we rebuilt the warp and reknotted the missing and damaged pile. For more information, pictures, and explanations of the development of this rug repair, please visit our blog .
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Kilim Restoration: Moroccan Kilim
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Damaged Selvage (Selvedge) and Weft in Moroccan Kilim
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Rewoven Weft and Restored and Bound Selvage (Selvedge)
This Moroccan kilim's selvage (selvedge) almost completely came undone and allowed the kilim to fray at its edges. To restore this Moroccan kilim, we rewove the damaged weft, repaired, and bound the selvage. For more details about this kilim restoration, please visit our related blog entries here.
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Rug Repair: Turkish Rug
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Hole in Turkish Rug
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Reknotted pile
A section of this Turkish rug was completely missing. The rug repair included recreating the warp and reknotting the pile following the floral motif of the central medallion's pattern. Please visit our blog for more information on this rug repair.
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Rug Restoration: Reknotting missing pile and recreating missing fringes on a Persian Rug
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Persian rug with missing pile and fringes
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Persian rug fringes and missing pile after repair
This fine semi-antique wool and cotton Persian rug was missing a section of pile at its border as well as part of its fringes. We recreated new warp in the affected section thereby recreating the missing fringes. We used cotton fibers to be consistent with the original fringes. Subsequently, we reknotted the missing pile taking care to choose yarns to match the original knotting. Lastly, we bound the fringes so as to minimize the risk of any future unraveling.
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Rug Repair: Vintage Turkish Rug Repair
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Vintage Turkish Carpet with Missing Corner Section
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Reknotted Corner Section of Vintage Turkish Carpet
This vintage Turkish rug had a corner section missing, with surrounding fibers compromised. We extracted all damaged yarns, reconstructed the missing warp, and reknotted the missing corner section. We reknotted the pile and replicated the missing motifs, including the running water border motif.
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Oriental Rug Fringe Repair
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Damaged Fringes on an Oriental Rug
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Repaired Fringes on an Oriental Rug
A client's puppies snacked on this Oriental rug's fringes and caused extensive damage. We recreated the warp and new fringes. We finished the repair by tying decorate knots where the fringes met the pile. Please see our blog for more information.
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Kilim Repair: Moroccan Kilim
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Fraying and damaged selvage
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Repaired selvage and binding
This Moroccan kilim's edges were compromised by a damaged selvage and the weft was beginning to unravel. The kilim restoration included reinforcing the weft and binding the edges in accordance with the striped and different colored motifs. Please visit our blog for more details about this Moroccan kilim restoration.
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Rug Repair: Unraveling Edges of Persian Rug
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Persian Rug's Edges Unraveling
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Repaired Edges of Persian Rug
This Persian rug fell victim to a common threat to quite a few fine rugs - the rambunctious pet. The unraveling edges threatened to compromise the rug's border if neglected. Repair involved reweaving the missing edge (and matching the gradations of color) and reinforcing it to minimize the risk of future unraveling.
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Rug Repair: Handhooked Rug Repair
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Worn areas of handhooked rug
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Repaired handhooked rug
This gorgeous handhooked rug had quite a few worn areas that needed repair. The solid colored motifs against the rich black background really allowed the beautiful abrash (natural variations in the color of the yarns) to shine through. We tried to keep the repair consistent with the original by using yarns that also had similar variations in their color.
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Tapestry Repair: Chain Stitched Tapestry Repair
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Torn Chain Stitched Tapestry
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Repaired Hand Stitched Tapestry
This chain stitched wall tapestry was torn in several areas, including in the area pictured above. The repair conformed to the neutral warm palette of the original. We also reinforced areas that were not visibly damaged, but structurally compromised.
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Kilim Restoration: Persian Kilim
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Hole / tear in Persian kilim
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Rewoven hole in Persian kilim
This Persian kilim had several holes, tears, and compromised areas. The area highlighted above is just one hole of several. We recreated the warp and rewove the missing weft. As always, the goal was to blend the restoration with the original as much as possible. Vist our blog for more details about this project.
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Kilim Repair: Turkish Kilim
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Torn Fringes and Edge of Kilim
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Bound Kilim Edge
This Turkish kilim was damaged by a client's dogs who chewed the entire edge and most of the fringe off the kilim. The client opted not to restore the kilim at this time, but rather to repair the edge and bind the fringe to prevent further unraveling and allow the client to use the kilim.
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Rug Repair: Water Damaged Indian Rug
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Water Damaged Rug
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Repaired Indian Rug
This Indian rug was damaged by a flood in the client's home. We had to first dry the rug, professionally clean it, and then dry it again before commencing any repair. The repair entailed rebuilding the warp and weft and reknotting the pile along the selvage of the rug. Please visit our blog for more information about how we repaired this rug damaged by flood waters.
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Kilim Repair: Caucasian Kilim
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Small Hole in Caucasian Kilim
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Repaired Caucasian Kilim
Repairing this Caucasian kilim required building the missing warp, and reweaving the missing motifs. Please visit our blog entries to see a detailed step by step illustration of how this repair was done. -
Caring For Rugs and Kilims
Repair and restoring rugs and kilims is a skill and labor-intensive process, which can include:
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