Caucasian Rug Cleaning Esher
Oriental Rug Spa offer a specialist Persian, Afghan, Nepalese, Turkish, Indian, Pakistani and Caucasian rug cleaning for Esher, Surrey. We also offer a rug repair service. If you own a dirty or soiled rug that needs professional cleaning, then why not give us a call on 01276 423 150. We can arrange collection and delivery for you. The rug wash process required can differ from rug to rug, so we offer various methods of rug cleaning, from full immersion washing to dry cleaning. All rug fibres can be cared for – wool, cotton, silk and viscose. We can carry out a pet stain and odour treatment, moth treatment and apply a fibre protection to resist against soiling and staining. We have extensive experience with cleaning antique rugs and rugs with unstable dyes and offer a rug repair service, including fringes, sides and pile reweaving.
Professional Caucasian rug cleaning service covering Esher, Cobham, Weybridge and the surrounding Surrey area
Caucasian Rugs — A Brief Guide
Woven across the mountainous Caucasus region — encompassing present-day Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, and southern Russia — Caucasian rugs are among the most visually striking textiles in the Oriental rug world. Their defining characteristics are bold, angular geometry, vivid contrasting colours, and dense symbolic motifs that reflect centuries of tribal and village weaving traditions.
Unlike the more fluid floral designs found in Persian rugs, Caucasian pieces are built on strict geometric frameworks: stepped medallions, latch-hook borders, stylised animals, and repeated repeat-pattern fields. Colours tend to be strong and uncompromising — deep reds, cobalt blues, rich ivory, and earthy gold — produced historically using high-quality natural dyes from plants and minerals found in the region.
Notable regional styles include Kazak, Shirvan, Karabagh, Talish, and Kuba — each with its own recognisable palette and layout. Kazak rugs, for example, are prized for their large, bold medallions and long, lustrous wool pile. Shirvan rugs tend to be finer and more tightly woven, with intricate repeat patterns across the field.
Why Professional Cleaning Matters for Caucasian Rugs
Many genuine Caucasian rugs are antique or semi-antique, and their wool pile — however robust — requires careful handling. The natural dyes used in older pieces can be sensitive to harsh detergents or excessive moisture, and improper cleaning risks dye bleeding, pile distortion, or damage to the foundation fibres.
At Oriental Rug Spa, we use a gentle, specialist wash process suited to aged wool and natural dyes. Every rug is assessed individually before treatment, with particular attention paid to dye stability and pile condition.
Serving Esher and the Surrounding Area
We collect and return Caucasian rugs from homes across Esher, Cobham, Oxshott, Thames Ditton, Claygate, and the wider Surrey area. Whether you have a well-loved Kazak handed down through the family or a Shirvan piece recently acquired, we’ll restore it with the care it deserves.
Extremely pleased with the result and would happily use them again.
They were 19 years old and a little flat and slightly stained.
They came back totally renewed. The pile was lifted and
colours restored. I would recommend this Rug Spa.
It was returned within the promised time frame and it is now back in position looking and feeling very much better.
Your service was excellent from start to finish the rug was beautifully clean, the pile was totally revitalised and it smelt so fresh again after my Border Terrier had a little accident on it! I would highly recommend your service from my experience.
