Professional rug cleaning, by hand - for every rug in your home.
For more than a decade, the Cohen family has hand-washed 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 rug, washed by hand.
One careful method, matched to the fiber and dyes of your particular rug - never one machine setting for everything. There is a page built around each; follow yours to see how we handle it.
Oriental Rug Cleaning
Hand-knotted wool and silk oriental rugs, every color dye-tested first so the natural dyes never move in the wash.
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Tabriz, Kashan, Heriz, Isfahan and the great weaving traditions, washed cool by hand the way the loom intended.
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The most common rug fiber, and the one most often felted by a hot machine. Washed cool so the pile stays soft and full.
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Qum, Hereke, and silk-highlighted pieces handled with the gentlest protocol, by hand, never near heat or a machine.
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Aged foundations and fragile natural dyes given a slower, calibrated wash suited to the age and value of the piece.
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Any rug you can lift off the floor, whatever the fiber, including flatweaves, kilims, and modern machine-made rugs.
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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.
Cleaning is where most rugs start.
A wash is the first thing most rugs need, and often the only thing. But the same hands that clean your rug also repair and restore it, so nothing has to leave the atelier to be made whole.
When a rug needs more than a wash, we also do rug repair, full restoration, color restoration, and moth treatment. If you are not sure what your rug needs, send a photo and we will tell you honestly, inspected by hand before any work begins.
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 rug hand-washed by our atelier?
Where we pick up your 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.
What is professional rug cleaning?
How are rugs cleaned professionally?
Do you clean the rug in my home, or take it away?
Can you clean any type of rug?
Do you clean oversized or very large rugs?
Can you clean an antique or valuable rug?
Can you remove pet stains and odor from a rug?
Do you also repair and restore rugs, not just clean them?
Do you offer rug cleaning near me across Manhattan, Westchester, Greenwich, and Stamford?
Where is my rug actually cleaned?
How much does professional rug cleaning cost?
How often should a rug be professionally cleaned?
What is professional rug cleaning?
How are rugs cleaned professionally?
Do you clean the rug in my home, or take it away?
Can you clean any type of rug?
Do you offer rug cleaning near me across Manhattan, Westchester, Greenwich, and Stamford?
Where is my rug actually cleaned?
Do you clean oversized or very large rugs?
Can you clean an antique or valuable rug?
Can you remove pet stains and odor from a rug?
Do you also repair and restore rugs, not just clean them?
How much does professional rug cleaning cost?
How often should a rug be professionally cleaned?
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Bring us your rug.
Oriental, Persian, 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