Recently we have been selected with the care of a highly important 20th century collection of modernist carpets. In the course of our investigative work we discovered pressure damage which had occurred in relation to use with heavy furniture. On further inspection it was found the wool in several of the collection to be made of stands of 20 μm (micron) diameter stands than wool found typically a standard carpet and oriental carpet wool of approx 30μm exacerbating difficulties of pressure marks since thicker tougher wool strands normally used in carpets are hardier and more resistant. That said it should be noted that wool cannot be crushed permanently and eventually with the correct non invasive treatment wool will revert back unlike fibres in some textiles.
Shortly to open 21 July 2026, we are currently engaging in the working up and provisions of carpet services to the visitor centre at this famous house on the outskirts of London. Termed 'House of Secrets', the house also known as Trent Park House, played an important role in WWII along with Bletchley Park in wartime covert surveillance. It hosted senior German officer prisoners of war, who were eavesdropped upon whilst enjoying the comparative freedoms of the gardens and grounds, with the odd whiskey to get tongues wagging...
Following a discovery of a pair of 1920s Donegal kneeler runners at the local town parish church of St. Laurences in September 2024 work was commissioned to rejuvenate the carpet and brassware on the steps leading leading from the Nave to the Chancel. The task was tricky as the brassware and fittings were all in a poor state and the carpet was starting to unravel and therefore needed binding not to mention fixings into marble steps !. The result was splendid and fully deserving of the not inconsiderable effort for what might otherwise have appeared a straightforward task.
To our amazement apparently the Natural History Museum offer a commercial pest control service which includes an ‘ Anoxic ‘ treatment. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/services/facilities/quarantine.html Also reliable products for domestic use may be purchased from the company Histrionics https://historyonics.com/ whose principal we understand comes from an academic science background. Also there is a new company ANOXART who specialise in anoxic insect irradiation whose apararatus for their argon method is pictured here. Also as per in a previous blog we offer free freezing treatment for my own customers https://www.orient-rug.com/blogs/news/clinical-moth-treatment-a-free-service-to-customerts
