Fine Rugs, Carpets and Textiles
Welcome to Connoisseur Oriental Rugs
At Connoisseur Oriental Rugs:
we offer a large selection of exceptional, fairly priced antique, semi-antique and reproduction handmade oriental rugs, carpets and textiles. We are committed to building our business as an oriental rug dealer on a reputation for good value, expertise with each rug we sell, and a promise to stand behind the quality we sell with a written guarantee as we have done as an oriental rug dealer here in Evanston, Chicago for more than 18 years. We could only have stayed this long in the oriental rug trade with the return business and recommendations of our customers.
A huge discount doesn't guarantee a bargain:
Some unscrupulous oriental rug retailers offer supposedly discounted oriental rugs at 40% to 70% off of artificially inflated prices. Oriental rugs on sale may not be worth their drastically reduced prices. The only way to be sure you're getting good value is to shop and compare. Our oriental rugs are fairly priced, every day, and our prices compare very well without the need for discounts.
We believe in service:
Not only do we appraise, clean, repair and restore rugs, we will also advise, guide and help you search for exactly the right rug for your home or collection. If you are looking for a specific kind of rug, we can locate it for you. If you already own an oriental rug but aren't happy with the size or design, we will consider buying or trading with you. We even have a full-price buy-back policy on original oriental rugs and a trade-in policy on reproductions. We can also provide accurate and reliable appraisals on your rugs for both legal and insurance purposes. We invite you to visit our showroom, repair, cleaning and restoration department or call us with your questions about oriental rugs, their cleaning and care. You are always welcome in our store.
Featured Products
Afghan Prayer Rug
$950.00
Afshar Bagface
$1250.00
Afshar Khorjin Sirjan
$900.00
Afshar
$3500.00
Our Services
We wash using traditional Persian methods:
We wash oriental rugs at our Evanston, Chicago plant in the traditional Persian way using water and a special soap, washing and then rinsing them thoroughly in a way that takes more time and skill, yet costs no more than other oriental rug cleaning services. Our cleaning method brings back and preserves the beauty of your oriental rugs. We also have sun-drying facilities in the spring and summer. You need to have a professional person that recognizes dyes that might run during the cleaning process and has a place for washing and hanging rugs and the personnel to handle the weight of the rug which is 3 to 4 times heavier when cleaned and wet. This kind of care and attention is not done with surface cleaning and as long as customers cannot recognize the difference they will really think their oriental rug has been properly cleaned.
Most rug cleaning services clean only the front and back surfaces of oriental rugs with a soap foam and then hang the rugs to dry. This short-cut method leaves soap and dirt residue deep within the rug. In time, with this process, the fibers will become stiff, dingy, and susceptible to dry rot. Some will bleach the fringe to give it a very white color which will eventually cause the fringe to fall apart.
We would be happy to take customers into our plant and show them how we wash and clean the rugs. There is no better way to care for your rugs than the service we offer. Even when our customers move to other areas they pay the expense to ship their oriental rugs to us because they recognize the results of our washing, the care we take when cleaning the rugs and our attention to detail.
Repair and restoration:
We have a experienced, skilled and thorough oriental rug restoration department. If your handmade rug is damaged let us fix it before the damage becomes worse and more difficult to restore. We can repair holes or tears in the edges and body of your oriental carpet or rug, replace the pile where it has worn away and other forms of oriental rug restoration.
