Want to keep your rugs in pristine condition? At Grand Oriental Rug Gallery, our personnel combine age-old techniques and traditional methods with expert attention to detail for providing antique rug repair services to keep your rug looking its best.
An ancient craft form, antique rug restoration services are labor-intensive and require years of training and expertise to master. Weaving specialists are dedicated to restore your rug to the best possible condition.
Rugs/Carpets Restorations and Repair Service
1. Re-fringe: The fringe is hand sewn and there are many different type to choose from, so it looks original and matching.
2. Binding: it stops the rug from unraveling and fraying.
3. Overcasting: The side finish on rugs may detach from the rug, wear down from traffic, get chewed off by pets.
4. Serging: for finish off certain type of rugs the yarn is serge around the border which gives the rug a finished look and stops from unraveling.
5. Lock-stitching: Stops rugs from unraveling which can cause major damages and lower the value of antique rugs. A neatly, and nearly invisible stitch is sewn back and forth from end to end. Appraisals. Trade Ins, welcome.
If you have any questions about the restoration process and what it entails, please give us a call, or stop by; we will be happy to answer your questions.
Overcasting | Serging
OVERCASTING: a kind of stitch enclosing raw edges that is sewn into the ends of a rug to prevent unraveling and the loss of wool pile
SERGING: the process of continuously wrapping yarn around the edge of a rug to prevent it from unraveling and to give it a finished look