# Securing rugs: moth, light and the roll that creases

> Secure rugs: not in full sun, a roll without a crease, moth checks, size and knots on the list.
> Quelle: https://tresorrari.de/artikel/teppiche-sammlung-sichern · Stand: 2026-10-01 · Tresorrari Redaktion

A rug lies in the way or on the wall. Sun bleaches the side toward the window, moths work from below, a wrong roll creases the warp. In the overview [Security for collectors](/artikel/sicherheit-fuer-sammler) this is a large textile.

## What gets ruined without a thief

Light, damp from below, moths, a roll with too small a radius, tape on the fringe. You rotate a floor rug on a rhythm you keep, so the same band does not always bleach. You look under the corner. Storage dark, dry, with some air, not in plastic film on the concrete.

## When someone comes

Heavy, but it can be rolled. A small, expensive rug goes under the arm. It does not lie as a runner in the hall when its price exceeds that of a piece of furniture. It lies in the locked room or, rolled without a crease, where it is not taken for the pickup box. The big jewelry thieves often leave rugs behind. Your damage then is moth and light, not the night.

## The folder

Size, material, provenance, damage, receipt. A photo of the whole surface and of a corner with the structure. The policy names it as soon as it turns from furnishing into a collector's piece.

## Häufige Fragen

### Roll it in film?

Not in tight film on the damp floor. Air and dryness, radius large enough.

### Floor rug against the sun?

Rotate it, and do not leave the expensive side permanently at the south window.

### Is a rug burglary loot?

A small, expensive one, yes. Haste often leaves the large ones. You still need the list.