Franco Oriental Rugs

Victor Franco 1989

Victor Franco
Services:

•      Objective: 
  

  • Inform and educate Oriental rug buyers, designers, collectors and Appraisers on the quality, construction and value of antique, semi-antique, and new rugs.  

     Work Experience:
    

    Franco Oriental Rugs                                                                                     

  • Gallery expert, providing technical knowledge and recommendations to Designers,  Auctioneers, consumers, and other rug businesses; ensure rugs are properly defined, dated, and restored   

    • Direct importer of wool and silk hand made rugs from India, Pakistan, China, Turkey, and Iran
    • Purchaser of new, antique, and semi-antique rugs from wholesalers, auction houses, antique dealers, and private consumers
    • Appraiser and Technical Expert, providing Appraisers with education and values, based on kind, quality, condition, and country of origin  
    • Technical Consultant, educating consumers on how to buy rugs based on location, quality, and condition
    • Rug restorer, offering a variety of services, including re-weaving, Persian and Turkish knotting, and cleaning
    • Expert Witness, giving testimony for insurance companies and Private Adjusters  

     

     

     Education:
    

    • Twenty years experience studying rug origins, construction, and quality; can easily identify, hands on or with photos,  the detailed characteristics, condition, and age of a rug 
    •  Rugs – apprenticeship and daily training from senior company staff
    • Self taught through intense study and continuing education; maintaining knowledge of the industry conditions via local sales, conventions, and networking with other experts throughout the state and country
    • Daily review of many reference materials documented by experts all over the world
    • Internet research for state of the market conditions

    
    In 1987 coming from a  remote place to USA looking for an opportunity; Initially cleaning rugs for a rug company.

    As time passed I found myself applying my thorough understanding of wool characteristics, natural dyes and old world knotting techniques to their customers' existing antique Persian, Tapestries and Oriental Rugs.

    14 years after I open my business to meet the growing demand for Rug Repairs and Hand Cleaning .

    Today we are selling New and Antique Rugs , Tapestries, and Aubusson