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Any pet owner knows that pets have a tendency to soil rugs and carpets. Once this happens, the big question is if and how to remove pet urine and other messes before the rug is ruined. It is important with any pet stains to clean them before they have a chance to soak in. When removing pet [...]
Subscribe to RSS feed Winter weather can take its toll on your home. Treading mud, slush or road salt into your house can turn into a nightmare, soiling your rugs and carpets. Road salt may not be noticeable at first, but over time it gradually builds up and creates a stain that is already deep into your rug. It can [...]
Subscribe to RSS feed 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80% Off. Where does it stop? How do you know if you are getting the best value today if there might be another “sale” tomorrow? Here at Peykar, we have been thinking about this, and are here to help. First, we shop the world for the best quality, best [...]
Subscribe to RSS feed Along with being a beautiful addition to any home, Needlepoint Rug’s are also fragile hand crafted pieces of art that need to be maintained throughout the years. In order to preserve the quality and visual appeal of your needlepoint there are a few steps that should be taken. It is recommended to use only the [...]
Subscribe to RSS feed In April of 1996, the estate of the famous Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was put up for auction at Sotheby’s. Our owner, Robert Hakimi, attended this auction, with his eye on a beautiful mid 19th century Victorian needlepoint rug. The rug is 8’ x 7’1 and is designed with roses and hibiscus and four eagles [...]
Subscribe to RSS feed The Pazyryk Rug is the oldest rug ever to be discovered. In 1949, the Russian Professor Sergei Rudenko found this rug while excavating burial mounds belonging to the Scythian people in Sothern Siberia. The architect found five frozen grave sites, with the contents preserved in solid ice, resulting in them being in almost [...]
Subscribe to RSS feed The ORIA (Oriental Rug Importers Association) believes that it is part of their mission as an organization to help improve the conditions of the areas where most of the rugs they import are created. This fund has been established to help with numerous humanitarian projects in projects in India, Pakistan and Nepal, three countries where [...]
Subscribe to RSS feed Julie Brown, well known Long Island Interior Designer, recently gifted an antique book by the name of “Oriental Rugs: Antique and Modern” by Walter A. Hawley to rug expert Robert Hakimi. This book is very special, copyrighted in 1913, it is a unique perspective on Oriental Rugs from a pre-WW2 world. She found this out [...]
Subscribe to RSS feed This past month the United States Eastern border got hammered by Hurricane Irene. Here on Long island, we were no exception. Our phones began to ring almost immediately after the storm had passed with calls from our clients and other locals with flooded homes. The flooding in many cases had gotten so bad that the [...]
Subscribe to RSS feed We have recently noticed many customers are still apprehensive when purchasing padding. With the high price of a genuine fine oriental rug, it is understandable to not want to add even more to your cost. But if you are willing to make the investment to buy an oriental rug, you should be just as willing [...]
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