Sam Walton
Sophie Javadi-Babreh grew up surrounded by carpets. His father, Bahram, began weaving at the age of four in a small village in the mountains of northwestern Iran. It was the start of a lifelong passion that today sees her working with her father at Thames Carpets, a weaving and restoration studio that, this month, is exhibiting some of its most prized pieces at London’s Sloane Club.
Bahram’s story is one that shows the value of hard work and knowledge. Left Iran in 1978 and settled EnglandHe started carpet weaving and restoration as a way to earn money. When the former owner of Thames Carpets, whose workshop is based in the Oxfordshire village of Wheatley, asked him to restore the rug, he was one of the few. the country With the skills to reweave it and so started a partnership, which resulted in Behram handing over the business when the owner retired in the early 2000s. For the past ten years, Bahram has been working with Sophie, who, like her father, has a passion for both sourcing and restoring antique rugs.
