Reweaving

Reweaving rebuilds a damaged rug in its own structure. Worn or lost pile is knotted in again, which condition reports call repiling, and where the foundation itself is missing, new warps and wefts are woven in first and then knotted over. Auction condition reports list rewoven and repiled areas separately from tinting, where worn pile is coloured in rather than replaced, and restorers treat patching as a different repair.

Also reweave · rewoven · reknotting · reknotted · repiling · repiled

See also Restored, Full pile, Corrosion

Last reviewed November 2026