Meet the Cohen family — master rug artisans across the Northeast.
For more than a decade, the Cohen family has hand-washed and restored the rugs that mean most to the families we work with. Four ateliers across the Northeast — Westchester, Greenwich, Short Hills, Ithaca — one family. Every rug is inspected and hand-washed personally, by name, by the artisans who collect it. Antique oriental, Persian, silk, fine wool. Complimentary pickup across Manhattan, the Hamptons, Westchester County, Greenwich, and Stamford.
A great rug is not a floor covering. It is a piece of weaving that has outlived generations — and will outlive us, if it is cared for by hand.
One family. Every rug. By hand.
Horizon was founded by the Cohen family more than a decade ago, after generations of work with antique oriental and Persian rugs. What began as one workshop has grown into four ateliers across the Northeast — one family, one method, one standard.
Every rug brought into our atelier is inspected and hand-washed personally by a member of the family. The master artisan reads each piece by hand — fiber, foundation, dyes, prior repairs — before any water touches it. Restoration is done on our bench, by hand, never sent out. The same artisan who picks your rug up is the one who hand-washes it and returns it to your home.
From our ateliers we serve the families of Manhattan, the Hamptons, Westchester County, Greenwich, Stamford, Short Hills, and the Finger Lakes — quietly, by appointment, in better condition than the day it left.
One family, four ateliers.
Every atelier hand-washes on its own dedicated floor. Same family, same method, same standard — in the town nearest you.
Westchester, NY
The Northeast HQ — White Plains, serving Manhattan and Westchester County.
White Plains, NY 10601
Greenwich, CT
The Connecticut Gold Coast — Greenwich, Stamford, Darien, New Canaan, Westport.
Greenwich, CT 06830
Short Hills, NJ
Northern New Jersey — Short Hills, Millburn, and Essex County estates.
Short Hills, NJ 07078
Ithaca, NY
Upstate New York — Ithaca, Tompkins County, and the Finger Lakes.
Ithaca, NY 14850
How a rug moves through our atelier.
Seven of the twelve steps every rug passes through. The full process lives at/atelier/process.
Complimentary pickup.
Wrapped in our truck, returned to our atelier.
Hand-inspection.
Fibers, foundation, dyes, and prior repairs read by hand.
Dye-stability test.
Every color tested before water touches the rug.
Hand-dust on the wash floor.
Years of grit lifted before the bath begins.
Hand-wash, calibrated.
pH-balanced soap, temperature-controlled water, piece by piece.
Flat-dried on slatted frames.
Never tumbled, never hung — the foundation stays true.
Hand-finished, returned home.
Wrapped and placed back where it belongs.
A few pieces we have cared for.
Restoration is the slow craft. These are a few pieces that came in needing more than a wash.
Antique Tabriz — color restoration.
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Silk Qum — full hand-wash.
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Heriz — foundation repair & moth treatment.
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Aubusson — fringe binding & flat-dry.
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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.”
More from Horizon.
Other ateliers, every service we offer, and the rest of our story — a few directions to explore.
Bring us your rug.
Tell us about the piece — antique oriental, Persian, silk, fine wool, restoration. The Cohen family arranges complimentary pickup from Manhattan, the Hamptons, Westchester County, Greenwich, and Stamford. Returned in better condition than the day it left.
By hand · By the Cohen family · By appointment