Hanging small rugs

[Eric-Zwicky]

Hi all,

I was looking in Peter Stone's "Oriental Rug Repair" in the section on displaying rugs, and the idea of building a frame and sewing the rug to it interests me.

Has anybody done this with a smaller rug? 3 x 5 or thereabouts?

Alternatively, what other methods do you like? I have three rugs with sewn sleeves that I thread a rod through, but unless I use a really beefy rod or dowel, the rug can sag and not lay flat.

Thanks in advance for your ideas.

Eric Zwicky
Richmond, VA
USA

[Steve Price]

I sew a Velcro strip (basting is fine, it doesn't have to be artistically sewn) across the width of the top of the rug. Then I affix a Velcro strip to a thin strip if wood and screw it to the wall. The rug can be easily adjusted to make it horizontal if (as is always true) it's not quite rectangular.

Steve Price

[Eric-Zwicky]

I sew a Velcro strip (basting is fine, it doesn't have to be artistically sewn) across the width of the top of the rug. Then I affix a Velcro strip to a thin strip if wood and screw it to the wall. The rug can be easily adjusted to make it horizontal if (as is always true) it's not quite rectangular.

Steve Price

Thanks Steve. What width Velcro would you recommend for a rug in the range of 3 x 5 to 4 x 6?

Eric

[Steve Price]

One inch is probably more than adequate, I think I've been using 1.5".

Steve

[Ken Shum]

I now use T pins straight through the rug and into the drywall. Just like blocking, but with less stretch and vertical of course.

[Eric-Zwicky]

I now use T pins straight through the rug and into the drywall. Just like blocking, but with less stretch and vertical of course.

Like these? Just want to make sure I'm looking at the same ones.

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[Ken Shum]

Yes. Those are them.

Like these? Just want to make sure I'm looking at the same ones.

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[Alain Bueno]

Hi
If this can help I use the following way to hang rugs on the wall. I made this one myself so it is not perfect. You need the wood with the correct thickness and the tack nail with the correct lenght.

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[Patrick Weiler]

Alain,

I picked up some standard carpet tack strip at the hardware store. It comes with some "nails" sticking out the back side to attach to the floor. They aren't long enough to attach to drywall, though, so I had to use "real" nails too. And I have only hung kilims, not rugs yet. But, the tacks are short and require substantial work to poke them into the kilims. I suggest good, thick gloves.
Patrick Weiler

[Alain Bueno]

Hi Patrick

For a good result 4 things are important :

The lenght of the tack nail, not too long not too short

the tack nails must be "bent"up

Don't nail the tack nails one beside the other but one down one up

With a great number of tack nails the weight will be distributed along the wood stripe so a slight pressure will do the job

I hope this will help

Regards




























I hope this will help


Regards

[Ian Strange]

Hi Eric
I also use the sewn sleeve method or a series of 4 or 5 evenly-spaced small sleeves, but with a hollow metal rod, through which I thread a cord for hanging on a stout picture hook, or even in one case, a nail.
Ian

[Patrick Weiler]

This is an Azerbaijan soumak mafrash end panel approximately exactly 123 years old or so...
:laughing_1:
It was mounted when I got it.

http://www.turkotek.com/show_and_tell/azfront.jpg

The mounting consists of a wood frame with canvas stretched over the wood, stapled down and with duct tape to hold it. The panel was sewn/tacked onto the canvas with a kind of felt backing, visible from the back.

http://www.turkotek.com/show_and_tell/azback.jpg

The assembly is very lightweight and could probably be done by a competent rug collector. Wait, is that an oxymoron?
:cheers:

Patrick Weiler