Area rug cleaning, by hand - every type, every fiber.
For more than a decade, the Cohen family has hand-washed area rugs of every kind - oriental, Persian, wool, silk, antique, and modern - off-site in cool, dye-tested water, then dried flat and returned in better condition than they left. No machines, no steam, no cleaning on your floor. Complimentary pickup across Manhattan, the Hamptons, Westchester, Greenwich, and Stamford.
Every area rug, washed by hand.
If you can lift it off the floor, we can hand-wash it. One careful method, matched to the fiber and dyes of your particular rug - never one machine setting for everything.
Oriental & Persian Rugs
Hand-knotted wool and silk rugs, washed in cool water with every color dye-tested first so the natural dyes never move.
Wool Rugs
The most common area rug, and the one most often felted by a hot machine. Hand-washed cool so the pile stays soft and full.
Silk & Fine Rugs
Qum, Hereke, and silk-highlighted pieces handled with the gentlest protocol, by hand, never near heat or a machine.
Antique & Vintage Rugs
Aged foundations and fragile natural dyes given a slower, calibrated wash suited to the age of the piece.
Flatweaves, Kilims & Dhurries
Pileless rugs that bleed and buckle easily, washed flat and dried under control so they lie true again.
Modern & Machine-Made Rugs
Contemporary wool, viscose, and synthetic area rugs cleaned by hand, matched to the fiber rather than run through one machine.
How your area rug moves through our atelier.
Inspected and dye-tested first, hand-washed in cool water, dried flat and returned.
Inspected and dusted by hand.
Every rug is examined by hand and each color is dye-tested before any water is used, then the dry grit is dusted out of the foundation. Most of what dulls a rug is soil deep in the base, and it comes out dry, not in the wash.
Hand-washed in cool water.
The rug is washed by hand in cool, temperature-controlled water with a soap matched to its fiber and dyes, the soil flushed out rather than scrubbed in. No heat, no machine, no steam, and never cleaned in place on your floor.
Dried flat, groomed, returned.
Rinsed until the water runs clear, dried flat over days with air on both sides, then groomed and finished by hand. The rug is returned to your home in better condition than the day it left.
Area rug cleaning, or a rug-specific wash?
Area rug cleaning is our complete hand-wash for any rug you can lift off the floor. One method, matched to your rug's fiber and dyes, and the right starting point if you are not certain what your rug is.
If you already know your rug, you can go straight to the piece built around it: oriental rug cleaning, wool rug cleaning, silk rug cleaning, or the antique wash for a fragile, valuable piece. Not sure? Send a photo and we will tell you honestly.
A hand-wash versus a machine on the floor.
Where the two paths diverge. Eight choices that separate an atelier hand-wash from an in-home carpet machine.
Cleaning Method
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Hand-washed in cool water
In-Home Machine
Hot-water machine on the floor
Where It Happens
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Off-site, dried flat over days
In-Home Machine
In your home, dried in place
The Dyes
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Every color dye-tested first
In-Home Machine
Untested, so color can bleed
Soil Removal
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Dusted and flushed from the foundation
In-Home Machine
Lifted from the surface only
Rug Types Accepted
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Every fiber, any type
In-Home Machine
Built for synthetic wall-to-wall carpet
Fringe & Edges
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Cleaned and finished by hand
In-Home Machine
Ignored, or left to fray
Drying
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Flat and controlled, air on both sides
In-Home Machine
Left damp on your floor
Pickup & Delivery
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Complimentary, by our team
In-Home Machine
Your problem
Ready to have your area rug hand-washed by our atelier?
Where we pick up your area rug.
Letters from across the Northeast.
A few of the rugs we've cared for — and the families who trusted us with them.
“They returned an heirloom Tabriz — the colors look exactly as my grandmother described them.”
“A 1920s Heriz I thought was beyond saving came back better than the day my parents bought it.”
“Our clients trust us with eight-figure homes. Horizon is the only atelier I send their rugs to.”
Questions, honestly answered.
What clients ask us before they hand over a rug — and how we answer.
How are area rugs cleaned?
Can you clean any type of area rug?
Do you clean the rug in my home, or take it away?
Will cleaning fade, shrink, or bleed my rug?
Do you clean oversized or very large area rugs?
Can you clean an antique or valuable area rug?
Can you remove pet stains and odor from an area rug?
Are wool, silk, and synthetic rugs cleaned differently?
Do you offer area rug cleaning near me across Manhattan, Westchester, Greenwich, and Stamford?
Where is my rug actually cleaned?
How much does area rug cleaning cost?
How often should an area rug be professionally cleaned?
How are area rugs cleaned?
Can you clean any type of area rug?
Do you clean the rug in my home, or take it away?
Will cleaning fade, shrink, or bleed my rug?
Do you offer area rug cleaning near me across Manhattan, Westchester, Greenwich, and Stamford?
Where is my rug actually cleaned?
Do you clean oversized or very large area rugs?
Can you clean an antique or valuable area rug?
Can you remove pet stains and odor from an area rug?
Are wool, silk, and synthetic rugs cleaned differently?
How much does area rug cleaning cost?
How often should an area rug be professionally cleaned?
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Bring us your area rug.
Oriental, wool, silk, antique, or modern - hand-washed off the floor in cool water, dye-tested and dried flat, on any rug and any fiber. Complimentary pickup from Manhattan, the Hamptons, Westchester County, Greenwich, and Stamford.
By hand · By the Cohen family · By appointment