Antique & Persian Rug Restoration in NYC
Reweaving, color restoration and foundation repair for antique Persian, Oriental and Turkish rugs. Free photo estimates — text us pictures of the damage.
Trusted by New Yorkers and design professionals to wash, restore, and tailor fine rugs.
CUT TO FIT
Every rug cut to the exact size of your room, re-bound by hand, with its border and pattern kept intact.
Every Rug Has a Comeback
The Art of Historical Preservation
The Structural Rebuild: True restoration goes far beyond basic repair. When an antique rug suffers severe pile loss, holes, or foundation rot, the underlying warp and weft must be entirely reconstructed from scratch before a single knot of wool can be tied.
Dye Matching & Patina: Recreating a missing geometric or floral motif requires sourcing vintage or custom-dyed yarns that closely mimic the faded, oxidized patina of a century-old textile. We match knot density and tension as closely as possible so the repair blends with the surrounding weave and color.
Protecting Generational Value: A proper restoration blends the new weave as closely as practical into the original topography of the rug. This painstaking process not only saves the piece from ruin but actively preserves its historical integrity, aesthetic beauty, and financial appraisal value.
Specialized Restoration Techniques
Foundation Reconstruction
Intricate Hand-Reweaving
Severe Moth Damage Repair
Color & Dye Correction
RUG TYPES WE SERVICE
Master-Level Antique Rug Restoration in NYC
Antique rugs are worth restoring. Rug Refinery rebuilds Persian, Oriental, Turkish and handmade heirlooms for collectors, designers and families across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island.
What restoration involves
Restoration goes beyond patching. When pile is missing or the foundation has failed, our weavers rebuild the warp and weft from scratch, then hand-knot custom-dyed wool or silk back into the pattern.
Matching century-old dyes is the hardest part. We keep an inventory of vintage yarns and custom-dye to the rug's faded patina so new knots blend into the original field.
Restoration work we perform
- Rug reweaving — hand-knotting new wool or silk to recreate missing pile and motifs
- Foundation reconstruction — rebuilding warp and weft destroyed by dry rot or large holes
- Moth damage restoration — treating infestations and rebuilding structural channels
- Color and dye correction — addressing sun fading, dye bleeding and alkaline burns
- Pet urine damage restoration — repairing chemically weakened foundations
- Water and flood damage restoration — stabilizing rugs after leaks and moisture exposure
- Antique kilim and flatweave restoration — for Turkish, Persian and tribal pieces
Timeline and estimates
Restoration is slow work. Rebuilding a foundation and tying thousands of knots can take 2 to 8 weeks depending on knot density, the size of the damage and the complexity of the pattern.
Send photos for a free assessment and a clear timeline before anything begins.
