HEIRLOOM

More Than a Shop

We strive to create a comfortable atmosphere that welcomes conversation and learning. Let us share our love of this ancient tradition with you on your next visit to the neighborhood. Open Tuesdays to Sundays from 12-6.

Create an Atmosphere

We love assisting with special projects no matter large or small. Let us help you set the tone for your next hospitality installation or create the perfect custom piece to warm up your new commercial space.

Tell Your Story

Our rugs can help craft your brand narrative grounding your presentation with authenticity and character.

Make an Impression

Vintage and antique rugs add warmth and create an atmosphere in almost any setting. We offer rentals for film & tv, editorials, art installations and special events like performances and weddings. Find the perfect accent for your next special event or project.

Care for your Heirloom

We offer specialized cleaning and repair services that will help your rug stay vibrant and beautiful for generations to come. We offer both in-house and on-site services. Learn more.

Browse our Collection

If you can't visit in person we offer a selection of our inventory online. Check back every Monday for new additions!

SELECTED NEW ARRIVALS

A few of our newest pieces. Check out all of our New Arrivals

This Shekarlu rug was woven at the turn of the 20th century. The Shekarlu are a Lori-speaking tribe of the Qashqa'i Confederacy.

It features a spectacular all-over field chock full of totemic polygons, rosettes, serrated combs, and various types of animals and protection symbols. Nicely balanced yet yet still with a free flowing rhythm. It features reds, lively blues, sunny yellows, sage, brown and bright ivory on a indigo ground. The whole is framed by a stark white border

Antique Shekarlu Rug - 4’9 x 9'

$4,500.00

antique chodor yomud turkmen prayer rug rare

Antique Chodor Turkmen Prayer Rug - 3'7 x 4'10

$2,750.00

Timuri Baluch was handwoven during the second quarter of the 20th century in Western Afghanistan.

It features a lattice pattern of stepped diamonds and serrated polygons. With lush deep blue and red wool with a dark but lustrous complexion. The addition of a dark brown which has oxidized naturally sculpts the pattern and gives the shapes the feeling of floating in space. Bright speckles of white cotton have been woven around the main border adding a subtle touch of electricity. weft float

Antique Baluch Main Rug - 6 x 9'10

$2,850.00 Sold out

This blanket was likely woven by the Fulani people in Mali during the middle of the 20th century.

It was woven in multiple stripes which have been attached horizontally. It features an eye dazzling checkerboard composed of white, black, red, green, blue and a sunny yellow-orange. Four individual squares around the perimeter are woven with the red-yellow-green tricolor of the Malian flag.

Via The Metropolitan Museum of Art The checkerboard, a basic West African composition, ultimately may derive from

Colorful Mid-Century Fulani Eye Dazzler - 5’ x 7’5

$750.00

This Tapa or Ngatu cloth was made of mulberry bark fiber in Tonga during the 20th century.

Tapa or Ngatu in Tonga is a type of decorated barkcloth found throughout Polynesia. The inner bark of the paper mulberry tree is beaten with a mallet and joined into a large cloth which is then decorated with natural dyes and pigments. The decoration is called Kupesi and references the natural world, seasons and Tongan cosmology.

Polynesian Ngatu Tapa Cloth - 4’11 x 6’9

$750.00

This Suzani was handmade during the early 20th century in Uzbekistan.

This suzani is composed of central floral motif embroidered in silk on an open red cotton field. Flanked by vibrant multi-tiered blossoming flowers to the right and left and framed by a lively floral meander. A multitude of colors are used for the embroidery, including turqoise, green, white, yellow, and purple.

Antique Red Suzani - 3’10 x 5’10

$750.00

This Kerman rug handwoven during the second quarter of the 20th century.

It features a central medallion floating above an open turquoise ground and framed by a large and elegant border. The medallion and border are both composed of beautifully detailed floral sprays in pastel pinks, reds, seafoam green, copper, and gold and khaki.

Luxurious Square Kerman Rug - 9’9 x 10’

$3,750.00

Architectural Hajji Jalili Tabriz Rug - 9’4 x 12'5

$12,500.00

This Coptic textile was woven in Egypt or the Levant in the 4th - 5th century AD.

This large fragment has a highly intricate design rendered in the two classic tones associated with Coptic textiles, purplish brown and wheat. It features a central band of octagons primarily filled with lion-like figures except for one central octagon filled with two figures with extraterrestrial-like features. The central is flanked by two borders full of overlapping and intersecting anthropomorphic figures.

4-5th Century Coptic Textile Fragment - 11" x 1'9

$1,250.00 Sold out

DEAL OF MONTH

Deco Boat Rug

An Art Deco Chinese rug from the 1930s that features a detailed clipper ship on a frothy sea with fluffy sage toned clouds and a blue sky.

FEATURED RUG

Rare Large Navajo

A rare room sized piece that is uncommon in Navajo weaving and rarely comes to market.

Sharp angles and mottled tones give the lines a dimensionality as they appear to float on the mottled gray inner field and variegated brown outer field. Framed by an inner dentil border and a serrated perimeter that has a flame like quality.

Boat Scene Chinese Deco Rug - 2'4 x 5'

$275.00

This Antique Navajo rug was handwoven in the Southwest USA during the first quarter of the 20th century.

This striking rug features jagged concentric lines vibrating from a small central diamond. The sharp angles and mottled tones of gray, brown, and red give the lines a dimensionality and they appear to float on the mottled gray inner field and variegated brown outer field. Framed by an inner dentil border and a red and brown serrated perimeter that has a flame like quality.
rare large size

Rare Large Navajo Rug - 7’9 x 13’9

$12,500.00

Workshop with Cristina Wright

Come join us or a fabric collage workshop with Cristina Wright Saturday November 2nd @10AM

Cristina Wright (she/they) is an explorative artist and collector originally from South Carolina. Wright holds a BA from North Carolina State University for Art and Design. Wright’s initial textile and fiber studies have been integrated with photography and other pictorial finds. As a self taught photographer, Wright captures the colors of natural world and personal moments with family and strangers. Driven by dyeing, weaving and quilting, Wright builds from personal dreams and reflections from the past. Wright intersects narratives from American history and folklore through photography, textiles and found objects. You can check out their zine here.

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– Domino Magazine

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"Best Rug Cleaner"

– New York Magazine

"Absolutely phenomenal and patient! "

– Tamir S, YELP

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– Rawia A, SQUARE

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– Vogue