Independent Rug Expertise & Decision Support

Understand your rug, its value, your buying options, its care, and when a formal appraisal may be appropriate.

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How The Rug Authority Can Help

Independent guidance to help you understand your rug, make confident decisions, and know when a formal appraisal is appropriate.

Rug Consultations

Get clear guidance on identification, quality, condition, care, value questions, and other decisions involving your rug.

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Buying & Acquisition Guidance

Make more confident purchasing decisions with independent guidance on quality, authenticity, design, condition, and suitability.

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Formal Rug Appraisals

Get the formal appraisal documentation you need for insurance, estate, donation, resale, and other appropriate purposes.

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Why Choose The Rug Authority?

Specialized Rug Expertise

Understand your rug with guidance informed by identification, construction, quality, condition, care, and value.

Independent Guidance

Get objective advice without pressure to buy, sell, clean, restore, or repair your rug.

Decision-Focused Approach

Receive guidance tailored to the decision you need to make—whether you are identifying, valuing, buying, preserving, or considering a formal appraisal.

Three Generations of Rug Expertise

If you have ever looked at a rug and wondered what it is, what makes it special, or what you should do next, you are not alone.

I am the third generation of my family to work in the handmade rug trade, part of a tradition spanning three generations. Over approximately 20 years, I have worked closely with handmade rugs through identification, research, quality and condition assessment, client guidance, and documentation.

That experience now serves one purpose: helping you understand your rug more clearly, ask the right questions, and make informed decisions with greater confidence.