Aziz Hamrah Oriental Rug Care Co.
A family tradition.
A century in the making.
Established 1925.
Rooted in the care of fine rugs.
Our story
01 A lasting perspective
The longer view.
The personal detail.
Aziz Hamrah Oriental Rug Care Co. was established in 1925. We are a family-run rug care business at 527 Somerset Street in North Plainfield, New Jersey.
Our work centers on cleaning and repair of fine Oriental rugs, including fringe replacement and edge binding, alongside custom fitted synthetic rug pads.
The rugs people live with are personal. A familiar pattern can connect one room to another, or one generation to the next. Care begins with taking that significance seriously.
An art with many histories
Every rug belongs
to a wider story.
“Oriental rug” is a broad term. It brings together textiles from distinct regions, communities and workshops, with different structures, materials and visual languages.
Persian court carpets, Anatolian geometric fields, Caucasian designs and Central Asian repeating motifs are not a single tradition. Looking closely reveals relationships—and differences—that make each textile more interesting.
Open the rug journal
Selected moments in rug history
Centuries of making.
Generations of meaning.
A few documented examples from museum collections. These moments illuminate particular traditions; they do not mark the beginnings of rug weaving.
- 1500s
New languages of ornament
Safavid Persian carpet design developed complex floral compositions, bringing medallions, vines, blossoms and animals into intricate, unified arrangements.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Carpets for Kings - 1539–40
A masterpiece with a date
The Ardabil Carpet carries an inscription dating it to 1539–40. Now at the Victoria and Albert Museum, it offers a remarkable point of reference for the sophistication of 16th-century Persian weaving.
Victoria and Albert Museum · The Ardabil Carpet - 1600s
A dragon across the field
A 17th-century Caucasian “Dragon Carpet” in The Met’s collection shows the expressive power of large, stylized forms within a woven field.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Dragon Carpet - 1696–97
Ningxia and the imperial court
The Met records that Ningxia carpets attracted the Kangxi emperor’s attention during his western journey of 1696–97, connecting regional Chinese weaving to Qing court patronage.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Chinese carpet - c. 1800
Pattern, rhythm and identity
A Salor main carpet, dated to the late 18th–early 19th century, represents one of the distinctive Turkmen weaving traditions through its repeated gul motifs.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Salor main carpet - 1925
Aziz Hamrah is established
Our family business begins its own place in the continuing story of rug care. Today, you will find us on Somerset Street in North Plainfield.
Aziz Hamrah Oriental Rug Care Co.
The next chapter
A tradition of care.
Here in North Plainfield.
Tell us about your rug, the way you live with it, and the care you have in mind.
Call 908 756-7811Visit the store
527 Somerset StreetNorth Plainfield, NJ 07060Get directions
Please call for current hours and before bringing a rug.