The grandmother's-Kashan test: provenance records for rug care
A client asks about the Kashan their grandmother left them — when it was last cleaned, what the fringe repair involved, what it was valued at. The workshop that answers in one search has something the trade rarely writes down: provenance of the work.
Pieces outlive tickets
Handmade and antique rugs return to a good workshop for decades — cleaned this year, re-fringed in five, revalued when the estate changes hands. Paper systems treat each visit as a new job with no memory. The piece's history fragments across old ticket books, and with it goes the workshop's proof of care.
Owners, pieces, and every job ever done
What the record keeps together
- The owner — and every piece of theirs the workshop has handled.
- The item — with every job ever done on it, in order, with stage history.
- The work across its whole range: cleaning, repair, restoration, valuation, sale & consignment.
Why this matters commercially
Provenance is value in this trade — for the piece and for the workshop. A documented history of professional care supports a valuation, reassures a buyer on consignment, and turns "trust us" into a record you can show. It also makes the workshop the natural home for the piece's next job.
Built bilingual for the GCC
Vestige is built on an English/Arabic foundation from the schema up, like its Zelicra siblings serving the GCC — the Arabic UI is being completed during early access.