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Mair Oriental Rug Services

Retired ~ 2023 Mair Oriental Rug Services, operated by Douglas S. Mair provided fine repair and restoration service for all types of area rugs.

The company was incorporated in 2004 and formally closed in 2022. I spent over 40 years in the Oriental Rug Trade working with Canada's oldest importers and wholesalers as manager and senior appraiser.

10/30/2026

One of the unique aspects in Chinese carpets; although not exceptionally fine in the traditional rugs, the five plyes used in each knot, tightly packed, in the 90 line qualities allow for mixing of ply colours.
This is what gives them an almost painterly effect and allows for subtle shading to occur.

10/25/2026

A passion for antique restoration even spawned an ink ✍️ drawing.

10/22/2026

Another fine Western Afghanistan Belouch Sofreh.
These personal use items are made of the finest quality spun wools.

10/22/2026

This fine, wonderfully dyed Afghan Belouch Sofreh made my day.
Wished I'd kept a few I sold.
This was in for a few simple stabilizing repairs.

10/20/2026

Probably one of the rugs that fascinated me most in my early restoration career. Mid to later 1800s Persian Feraghan Sarough.
Securing ends, filling a few holes, re-attaching old repaired loose sides .
After a thorough dusting and wet washing it returned to the third generation families living room.

10/20/2026

Whenever possible its best to retain an original fringe.
Left short they actually last as seen, far longer. This is because our feet land on the edges of the pile, protecting an shorter fringe from much of the heavy wear.

10/20/2026

This circa 1900 traditional Peking Chinese carpet had its worn fringes, cabled and re-bound for continued use and durability. A thorough wet washing and removing white warp knots brought its life back.

10/13/2026

Some of the most consistent high quality Afghan carpets come from Mazar weavers. This 'cats paw' Bokhara is a favoured Bokhara geometric pattern.
At over 360 knots per sq. Inch, this one is very fine for a wool on wool warped carpet.
I handled a pair at close to 800 knots per sq. in.
Very, very enduring rugs *

10/11/2026

Nice large example of a traditional overall floral Kerman
C late 1920s 1930s approx.

10/09/2026

I was chatting today and wear spots came up for really old rugs.
This Mahal Persian of medium weave was worn in most areas.
By carefully re-piling the worst areas judiciously, the rugs overall appearance improved dramatically.
By re-piling the worst , eye catching areas, the rest of the wear seemed more acceptable.
This is info relating to costs also.
Entire restoration in the West was far too costly.
You could buy a better old rug.
This was a solution to meet budgets and allow a beloved old rug to stay in use in the family. 👍🏻
As a side note, I discovered that this was probably a much longer rug, and was cut & shut to leave a room size rug. It was well done and not noticeable until washed and seen under bright light closeup.

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