Drapery Cleaning
Why Drapery Cleaning Matters
Drapery cleaning isn’t just maintenance — it’s preservation 🙌 We treat every fiber with the precision that fine fabrics demand.
Costikyan provides professional drapery and curtain cleaning throughout New York City and the greater Northeast. Our specialists use fabric-specific methods to clean sheers, valances, silk, velvet, linen, and custom window treatments while helping reduce dust, allergens, odors, and discoloration
Some draperies are too valuable, both emotionally and financially, to trust to anything less than expert care. At Costikyan, we’ve specialized in professional drapery cleaning for fine fabrics, custom window treatments, historic textiles, and designer interiors for more than 140 years.
We inspect your drapery’s fabric, construction, condition, and installation before recommending the safest cleaning method—either in your home or at our specialized facility.
When appropriate, we clean your drapery on-site with minimal disruption. For treatments requiring facility care, our specialists carefully remove, clean, return, and professionally rehang each piece.
Once cleaning is complete, we review the results with you, address any remaining concerns, and provide practical recommendations for keeping your drapery looking its best.
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Our specialists clean curtains, sheers, valances, and custom window treatments using fabric-specific methods that reduce dust, odors, and soil while preserving color and texture.
Gentle cleaning that protects delicate fabrics and complex installations
Over a century of expertise caring for historic and irreplaceable textiles
Fabric-specific methods for silk, velvet, linen, and designer materials
Full-service approach from repair to protective treatments
Drapery Styles & Materials
Custom drapery is rarely made from a single material. Face fabrics, linings, interlinings, trims, pleats, and hardware can each respond differently to cleaning.
Before recommending in-home or in-facility service, Costikyan evaluates the complete window treatment—its fibers, dyes, construction, age, condition, and installation—to determine the safest and most effective care plan.
Silk · Linen · Wool · Designer Blends
Pile · Weight · Layered Construction
Lightweight · Translucent · Fine Weaves
Balloon Drapes · Pleats · Decorative Trims
In-home and in-facility care available. The recommended method is based on the textile, construction, condition, and installation—not a one-size-fits-all process.
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Following inspection, Costikyan recommends the service path best suited to the fabric, construction, condition, and installation of the complete window treatment.
When the textile and installation allow, specialized cleaning is performed in place to limit disruption while respecting the room and surrounding furnishings.
Treatments requiring removal or more involved care are documented, transported, professionally cleaned and finished, then returned and rehung.
When in-facility care is recommended, Costikyan coordinates careful removal, transport, finishing, return, and professional rehanging.
Every 2-3 years for most installations, annually for high-dust environments or fabrics exposed to cooking areas. Unlike upholstery that gets touched daily, drapery’s main enemy is airborne partiles. Frequency depends more on air quality and sun exposure than on use. We’ll assess your environment and fabric condition to avoid under- or over-cleaning.
Yes, and often we recommend it. On-premises cleaning eliminates takedown risks, like torn mounting points, lost pleating, or hardware stress. We bring mobile equipment designed forvertical t reatment: low-moisture systems, controlled extraction, and pole-mounted tools for highr eaches. However, cleaning can also be done off-site in our state-of-the-art facility, depending on the specific needs of your drapery and home.
Yes, and we know firsthand that each of these needs completely different treatment. Designer fabrics often call for a custom treatment plan based on the material, condition, and construction of each drape.
Absolutely—dust removal is integral to drapery cleaning, as years of particles embed in pleats and linings, causing allergies and decay. We use HEPA-filtered extraction that removes contaminants without spreading them. For odors, like smoke, cooking, or mustiness, we apply treatments matched to fabric tolerance. Most issues resolve completely with proper cleaning.
