Oriental and Persian rug care for Bronxville homes: collected at your door, hand-washed with tested dyes and returned ready to lay down.
Fine hand-knotted rugs are a natural fit for Bronxville's older rooms, and many families have one in the parlor, the dining room or the front hall. Often they were handed down, and nobody wants to be the one who ruins them.
Strong machines and harsh soaps can make dyes bleed and wool go brittle. That is why these rugs are washed by hand, after we check what the fibers are and how each color reacts. Cleaning and combing the fringe is always part of it.
Before the rug leaves the house, we give you a price based on its size, age, materials and condition.
Older vegetable and synthetic dyes can both run if they meet the wrong product or too much heat. A spot test on every color tells us what is safe before the real work begins.
Rooms with a fireplace leave a fine coat of ash in the pile, and sunny parlors fade one side of a rug faster than the other. When we look the rug over, we let you know which of these cleaning can help.
Silk is weaker when wet than wool, so a silk or silk-blend piece is handled with its own gentle wash once the fiber is confirmed.
Dry soil hides deep in the knots. Removing it before any water is used is slow work, but it is the step that makes the biggest difference.
Wet rugs then dry flat and slowly in a controlled room, which keeps their shape and stops a musty smell from forming.
Loose fringe, thin spots and moth damage are noted and shown to you before cleaning, so nothing comes as a surprise later.
Do you know where the rug came from or how old it is? Share what you know. It helps us pick the safest approach.
Runners on old staircases are often hand-knotted too, and they wear fastest on the nose of each step. We can clean them and tell you if any treads show wear that needs a repair specialist.
Rugs that sit under a dining table pick up candle wax, gravy and red wine. Those spots are treated one by one before the full wash, with products chosen to suit the wool and the dyes.
Over two decades of hand-knotted rug care.
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Eco-safe products that respect old dyes.
Pickup often the same or next day.
To have a hand-knotted rug collected anywhere in Bronxville, 10708, ring 1-800-589-4364 or send the form at the top of the page. The price is agreed before pickup.
Rugs made by machine can go through our simpler Bronxville area rug service. See the full list of village services, or visit oriental rug cleaning in Mount Vernon.
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