Yes — a Persian rug can be repaired invisibly: our Persian rug repair workshop reweaves holes, moth damage, fringes and selvedges (the woven side edges) knot by knot, until the repair disappears into the original weave. At Tapis Boeuf, a family atelier founded in 1950, our restorer-weavers reproduce the exact knot, material and colour your rug was first made with. 10-year guarantee.
10-year guarantee
On all repair work
Master artisans
Restorer-weavers
Payment
12 interest-free instalments
Transport
Free pickup & delivery
— The result speaks for itself
Piece restored
Persian Kashan · circa 1920 · four months at the bench
— Why Tapis Boeuf
Pillar 01
Every hand-knotted Persian rug rests on a hidden foundation of warp and weft (the vertical and horizontal threads that carry the knots). Our restorer-weavers rebuild it exactly as it was made — the same discipline we bring to oriental rug repair on Turkish, Caucasian and Afghan pieces.
Pillar 02
All our repair work is guaranteed for 10 years — a rare commitment we are proud to honour.
Pillar 03
The atelier is referenced by national museums and specialist insurance companies for fine Persian carpets.
Pillar 04
While your piece is at the bench, we lend you a rug free of charge so your room never feels bare.
Reviews translated from French.
Alain DemaillyVisited in May 2026
A new lease of life for our Hereke rug. Colours revived, selvedges restored, fringes rebuilt — truly professional work. Alain and Josy
Michel BuntzVisited in May 2026
After our house flooded, we entrusted our Persian rugs to Tapis Boeuf. We do not regret it. We are delighted with the work. Françoise and Michel Buntz
Michel ZinalVisited in March 2026
Very careful work repairing the fringes of my Persian wool-and-silk rug. The result is impeccable, with real respect for the materials and the craft. I recommend them without hesitation!
Zina DandellisVisited in May 2026
The foundation of my rug has been perfectly restored. I am very happy with the service — my rug looks brand new!
— The atelier at work
Watch our artisans at the bench — needle reweaving, fringe reconstruction, repiling and vegetal redyeing.
Repair of an Iranian Tabriz · workshop in Sartrouville, 20 minutes from central Paris
— Ancestral techniques
Every technique has its name, its tool and its patience. All of them respect the way your rug was first woven.
Technique I
Rebuilding a missing area thread by thread — warp, weft and knots recreated in the original material and colour.
Technique II
Replacing worn or moth-eaten pile (the soft, upright surface of the rug) with hand-matched wool knotted onto the original foundation.
Technique III
Rebuilding the warp and weft where moths, damp or a century of footsteps have destroyed them, so new knots have something to hold.
Technique IV
Rewrapping frayed selvedges and rebuilding worn edge cords point by point, restoring the rug’s original strength.
Technique V
Fringes are the exposed ends of the warp threads. We rebuild them by hand, in the original fibre, using ancestral finishing knots.
Technique VI
Colour retouching with vegetal dyes — madder, indigo, cochineal — matched to the rug’s original palette. Never a synthetic overdye.
— What makes a Persian rug different
Kork wool, silk and vegetal dyes,
repaired the way they were woven.
The structure
A genuine Persian or oriental rug is knotted entirely by hand. Each knot is tied around two warp threads, then locked in place by the weft. A fine Isfahan, Nain or Qom can carry more than a million knots per square metre.
That is why our atelier never patches, glues or machine-stitches. Sound Persian rug repair reproduces the original knot — asymmetrical Persian or symmetrical Turkish — at the original density, so the repaired area behaves exactly like the rest of the piece. It is the same discipline that guides our antique rug restoration work on carpets more than a century old.
The materials
City workshops such as Tabriz, Kashan and Qom weave with kork wool (fine, lustrous lambswool sheared from the neck and shoulders) and with natural silk. We hand-match both, in the exact shade and twist of your rug’s pile.
The dyes deserve the same respect. Madder red, indigo blue, weld yellow: we retouch colours with natural vegetal dyes composed in the workshop, fibre by fibre, without ever flattening the patina the rug has earned. It is one of the standards you will find across every rug repair service we offer.
“A Persian rug is not a picture — it is architecture
in wool and silk. We repair the building,
never just the façade.”
— Atelier Tapis Boeuf
Have my rug assessed — free →— Our process
Step 01
Send photos or visit the workshop. Free, precise assessment of the damage and of what your rug truly needs.
Step 02
Itemised by gesture, with no obligation — and 12 interest-free instalments available on larger repairs.
Step 03
Free pickup and delivery throughout France and neighbouring countries. A courtesy rug is lent on request.
Step 04
Every repair begins with the careful hand wash of our Persian rug cleaning service, revealing the true condition of the weave. Damaged areas are then mapped.
Step 05
Reweaving, repiling, refoundation, redyeing — whatever the piece requires, with photo updates along the way.
Step 06
Pile combing, inspection under magnification, final proofing. The rug leaves the bench only when the repair has disappeared.
Step 07
Delivered back to your home with a repair certificate and our 10-year guarantee on the work.
— Our commitment
Every repair that leaves the atelier is guaranteed for 10 years. It is our promise on the work of our artisans — and over 75 years of expertise stand behind every knot.
If a repaired area ever fails, we take the rug back and put it right, free of charge.
Guarantee
10
years
On all our
repair work
— Frequently asked questions
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Contact us
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+33 (0)6 17 59 32 54Workshop
+33 (0)9 50 91 88 85Address
38 rue de l'Îlot
78500 Sartrouville, France
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