Rustigian Rugs

Rustigian Rugs was established by V. George Rustigian in 1930. We have expanded our scope of the business over the years, but area rugs have always been our primary focus.

We have a wide variety carpeting options on our website at https://www.rustigianrugs.com/carpeting and in our brick and mortar showroom at 1 Governor St, Providence RI 02906. The finest designs, colors, and materials are available.

You do not have to enter our building to drop off your rug. Just give us a call when you arrive and we will step outside to take it from you. You may also stay in your car when you come back for pick up. We will bring your rug outside to you.

Yes, we sell a variety of rug pad options for every type of rug and service. We recommend them not only to avoid slipping but rug pads can also preserve your floors and the life of your area rug.

Yes, we are! Please call our office at (401) 751-5100. We look forward to speaking with you!

Certainly! We have a multi-step process to thoroughly clean rugs of various materials and origins, including Persian. We can customize the cleaning process towards each individual rug's needs. Please call us at (401) 751-5100 to provide measurements and description of your rugs for a quote and more info.

Hi Thelma, We do resize rugs! However, some rugs can be resized more easily than others. We would need details about your rug's design and construction to determine the best path forward. (If you are the nice woman who also phoned with the same question, you may disregard this note.)

A resounding NO. Steam cleaning a wool rug is somewhat akin to boiling a fine cashmere sweater. High temperatures melt lanolin, wool’s built-in protection against soiling, staining and dirt. In dyed wool, steam and hot water may cause colors to run. However, steam cleaning is an effective and recommended method for cleaning nylon and other synthetic fibers.

Yes. It’s best for a handmade rug to be washed in a cleaning facility by a professional. Oriental rug cleaners have specially designed equipment that removes dust, flushes cool soapy water through the rug’s pile and foundation and then saturates the rug with clean rinse water. Finally, the machine extracts excess moisture from the carpet which is then hung to dry. Professional cleaning takes about two weeks. A rug in the front foyer or the kitchen, subject to gritty dirt or ambient cooking oils, should be cleaned at least once a year. The rug in the little used second floor guest bedroom requires much less frequent professional attentions.

The most typical repairs are made to the ends and edges, where techniques like simple yarn wrapping and button-hole stitching are performed. These procedure range in price from $12-30 per linear foot, and their cost depends on the difficulty of the hand sewing required for the particular rug....loosely translated....the price depends upon how hard is it to get a needle accurately through the textile with a hidden stitch.

Get an estimate of both the cost of repairs and the value of the rug. A dealer with on-location repair services will be able to demonstrate the techniques proposed and show you examples of his or her work. In theory, if the value of the rug exceeds the cost of the repairs by a considerable amount, go ahead with the project. If the two values are similar or the repair costs exceed the worth of the carpet, a decision should be based on the rug’s usefulness and/or its sentimental value.

Restoration involves the use of materials, colors and weaving techniques that are extraordinarily close to those of the original piece – particularly for older rugs. Repairs can be a much less “authentic” undertaking making the rug useable if not exactly original. For most new rugs, only repairs are necessary. Investment quality rugs warrant the consideration of restoration. At a minimum, a reputable dealer should not recommend or perform any repairs such as patching with glue that would compromise the value of such a carpet and/or prohibit the possibility of restoration at a future date.

Yes and no..... It is not always possible to completely eliminate staining from mold growth. As to the odor, sun and a light bleach wash are usually very successful remedies for mildew. Happily, chlorine does not affect the color of wool as it does cotton. A soap and bleach wash by a professional is the quickest and most effective treatment for the odor cause by prolonged exposure to dampness and water. Recently there have been new products introduced on the market which also aid in the odor elimination process and we use these and good old fashioned bleach routinely in our cleaning operation.

A proficient weaver begins to recreate the foundation by carefully splicing new warp and weft threads into the surrounding fabric. After judicious and careful selection of yarns (to match colors precisely), he reweaves the pile using the exact type of knot (symmetrical/Turkish or asymmetrical/Persian) used by the original weaver. He creates the “replacement” pile by “reading” and duplicating the pattern in another repeat from the rug. This is typically an expensive repair given the relative scarcity of skilled professionals.

Yes we do! Please call (401) 751-5100 to find out more!

Please call (401) 751-5100 for more specific information. Thank you!