Oriental rugs being a textile composed out of hundreds and thousands of yarn threads need maintenance and care. Cleaning a rug professionally every few years is an essential part of it. Keeping the dust specs entering inside the knots keeps the life of it and the wear and tear. As when heavy traffic applies pressure on the knots the dust specs will grind it out and as such the knots will break and areas in the pile dissipate. Furthermore a good rug pad is important in absorbing the foot traffic weight pressure, preventing the friction between the floors and the rug which will substantially extend the rug's life expectancy . At S&H rugs antique rugs are our passion. Our master repairman Nasser Bageri, originally from Tabriz in Iran is an experienced weaver and curator of fine persian and caucasian rugs. The exact wool or silk colour shade is matched and redyed as well as the exact knot type will be duplicated as the original, repiling the worn and bare areas to an undetectable result. We also specialized in: 1. Sizing down a rug being too large, hand surging the sides and edges matching the original color shades 2. Colour restoration. Some stains are too tough to be taken out with regular washing. The original dyes will be stripped out and then the original ,colour dyed back into the yarn to an undetectable result