Beautiful Sarouk on Sale

Today we'd like to show you a wonderful Sarouk rug that is available at our showroom here in Los Angeles. It is a square Sarouk Rug, measuring 3'4" x 3'4". It is in excellent condition and can be used in a myriad of ways in ones home to liven up your decor. And right now it is priced to move at $1,150. Take a look below:

Sarouk rugs are those woven in the village of Saruk and also the city of Arak, Iran and the surrounding countryside. Sarouk rugs have been produced for much of the last century. The early successes of the Sarouk rug are largely owed to the American market. From the 1910s to 1950s, the “American Sarouk” also known as the “Painted Sarouk” was produced. American customers have an affinity for the Sarouk’s curvilinear and floral designs.

Sarouk rugs continue to be produced today, using the same methods as during early production. Known for their exceptional quality and ability to withstand decades of wear, Sarouks continue to be a best seller of the Persian rugs. They are made with a high quality, tough wool using a Persian knot. A tell tale sign of a Sarouk is usually its blue weft threads, salmon or tomato-red color mixed with ivory and blues, and a very traditional, floral style. We have a fantastic selection of Sarouk's, so come in to Rug Ideas today so we can show you just how great they are!

Dr. Khosrow Sobhe (Dr. Kay)
Certified Rug Specialist (CRS)
www.LosAngelesRugCleaning.com
www.RugIdea.com
Tel. 310-770-9085

Cleaning & Repair - Antique Malayer Hamedan Rug

A new customer of ours brought in a beautiful rug that needed some attention. The rug was a Malayer Hamedan rug and was 100 years old. It needed a professional deep cleaning as well as repair work done. Both ends and sides were in different stages of unraveling and needed securing and rebinding to get it's structure sound again. Take a look at some before pics below:

We first secured the rugs ends and sides to prevent any further unraveling from happening while we proceeded with the deep cleaning. After the deep cleaning, sanitizing and deodorizing was complete we put the rug in the hands of one of our master weavers so that the repairs could be completed. New Zealand wool was used for the sides and the work was all done by hand. The results are fabulous; take a look below:

This antique Malayer Hamedan rug now looks absolutely beautiful and is in great condition. The owners were actually speechless for a minute when they saw how good the rug looked after the cleaning and repairs.  They have since contacted us again to pickup a set of rugs they also have that need the same great attention to detail that Rug Ideas is known for. If you have a rug that needs some TLC, contact us at Rug Ideas so we can step you through your options for cleaning & repair!

Dr. Khosrow Sobhe (Dr. Kay)
Certified Rug Specialist (CRS)
www.LosAngelesRugCleaning.com
www.RugIdea.com
Tel. 310-770-9085

Blue, Its History and Its Usage in Textiles and Oriental Rugs and carpets

On Saturday June 7th, I attended a very fine and interesting lecture called the "Blue" delivered by Lee Talbot of the Textile Museum of Washington D.C. here in Los Angeles. It was held in the Sotheby's building in Beverly Hills and the Textile Museum Associates of Southern California TMASC was one of the organizers of this event. It started at 10:30 am on Saturday morning with refreshments followed by the power point presentation. Originally, another program was planned to be presented by Mr. Daniel Walker, the Director of the Textile Museum on Mughal Carpets of India. Because of unexpected circumstances, Mr. Walker could not make it and Lee Talbot filled his place with another topic, the Blue.

Cheri Hunter, the past president and present program chair of TMASC introduced the speaker. Lee Talbot presented the materials and the slides in a very relaxed and friendly way without reading his notes. He maintained a very good eye contact with the audience of roughly 100 people. This lecture was the subject of a similar exhibition in Textile Museum which started on April 4, 2008. It will last until September 18, 2008.

The speaker talked about 4,000 years of history behind using indigo plant as a dye stuff in Egypt, India, Prue, and China. He mentioned that it was in 1897 when the synthetic indigo was introduced and people started to use it for textiles and rugs because it was cheaper and easier to dye the wool, cotton and linen with it compared with the natural indigo. Mr. Talbot then introduced few artists who have done enormous work with indigo and mentioned some names such as Hiroyuki Shindo (from Japan), Rowland Ricketts ( from America), Eduardo Portillo and Maria Eugenia (from Venezuela) and Mary Lance who is making a documentary on indigo.

The program finished around 12:00 pm followed by a 15 minutes question and answer session. It was very educational,informative and fun. I also met many good friends there. Many of us met again later in the afternoon in our society's Patron event in the house of the president of the Textile Museum Associates of Southern California, David Ruderman. He gave us a tour of his collection including beautiful rugs and textiles. I should thank him and his wife Cindy for hosting us.


Khosrow Sobhe
www.RugIdea.com
310-770-9085