We just cleaned this beautiful Chinese oriental for a customer in Clinton and she was thrilled. That being said, you probably see the big brown rotten spot (hole) in the middle of the picture. She explained that the hole is there because she kept a large potted plant on the rug for years and the moisture rotted the carpet. She is going to place a sofa over the ugly hole, so she … [Read more...]
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Cleaning a mule saddlebag in Madison CT
Just cleaned this mule saddlebag fora customer in Madison. Beautiful piece of art. My customer purchased it in Srinigar, which is just north of Kashmir. When Marco Polo and his contemporaries started traveling the silk route in the year 1271 (or thereabouts) they where mostly looking for silks and spices to resell in Europe. They started noticing very elegantly woven … [Read more...]
