Anichini pieces cleaned and hand-finished by Alex's Dry Cleaning Valet.
Heritage & Expertise
Anichini, Cared For by Alex's Team
Founded in 1980 by Susan Dollenmaier and Patrizia Anichini and headquartered in Tunbridge, Vermont, Anichini built its name reviving rare, nearly-lost weaving traditions. The house sources the world's finest fibers — European linen, crisp Italian percale, Egyptian cotton, hand-loomed silk, and Himalayan cashmere — much of it woven at artisanal Italian mills, then cut, sewn, hemstitched, and finished by hand in Vermont.
That hand-finished construction is exactly what aggressive commercial laundering destroys: hot water and harsh alkaline detergents grey natural linen, mangle presses crush hemstitching and jacquard relief, and high-heat tumbling shrinks and felts cashmere throws. Anichini textiles cannot be replaced like ordinary sheets, and restoring a flattened weave or a yellowed hem is rarely possible. This is the precise care Alex's specializes in.
Specialist Care
How Alex's Cares for Anichini
We wash each Anichini piece by fiber and weave — gentle, pH-balanced cleaning, soft water, and careful hand-finishing that preserves the linen's drape, the percale's crisp hand, and every hemstitched and jacquard detail.
European linen
We launder Anichini's European linen in soft water with pH-balanced, no-bleach detergent and dry it gently to keep the fiber supple — never the hot, alkaline wash that greys and weakens linen over time, preserving the soft, breathable hand the weave is prized for.
Italian percale
Anichini's Italian percale earns its crisp, cool feel from a tight plain weave; we wash cool, skip optical brighteners, and hand-press the sheeting flat so it returns crisp and smooth rather than glazed or scorched.
Hemstitched and embroidered borders
The hand-hemstitched and embroidered edges that define Anichini are fragile under tension. We finish these borders by hand, pressing around — not crushing — the openwork so the detail stays raised and intact.
Jacquard and woven relief
On Anichini's jacquard sheeting and woven throws, the pattern lives in the weave's relief. We avoid the heavy mangle pressing that flattens that texture, finishing instead to preserve the dimensional design.
Cashmere and silk throws
Anichini's Himalayan cashmere and hand-loomed silk throws are cleaned by their fiber, never machine-tumbled hot — we treat them gently to prevent the shrinking, felting, and luster loss that ruins these pieces permanently.
Pickup & Delivery
Door-to-Door Across the Bay Area
The same white-glove standard travels everywhere we serve. Pickup from your front door, doorman, or garage — returned cleaned, pressed, and ready to wear.
San Francisco
Monday – Saturday
Next-business-day return; Saturday pickups return Tuesday morning.
Peninsula & South Bay
Monday · Wednesday · Friday
Returned on the next scheduled service day.
Marin County
Every Day
Same-day return is the standard — morning pickups come back the same afternoon.
East Bay
Thursday & Saturday
Returned on the next service day.
Wine Country
Monday & Thursday
Sonoma & the Napa Valley — $300 service minimum, or a $75 delivery charge each way.
$75 minimum per pickup with free pickup and delivery across San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, and the East Bay. Wine Country (Napa, Sonoma & St. Helena): $300 service minimum, or a $75 delivery charge each way. Same-day service available in most areas for an additional fee.
Common Questions
Anichini Garment Care FAQ
How do I get my Anichini linens cleaned in San Francisco?
Alex's Dry Cleaning Valet comes to you — we offer door-to-door pickup and delivery throughout San Francisco and the Bay Area, with Simply text 415-338-9318 to schedule a pickup, and we'll collect your Anichini bed linens, table linens, and throws from your door and return them hand-finished. Family-run since 1984, we've cared for the Bay Area's finest household textiles for four decades.
Will dry cleaning damage my Anichini linen and percale sheets?
Conventional commercial laundering is what damages fine Anichini sheeting — hot alkaline washes grey natural linen and weaken the fiber, optical brighteners yellow it over time, and mangle pressing flattens hemstitching and jacquard relief. We clean each piece by its specific fiber and weave using soft water, pH-balanced no-bleach detergent, and hand-finishing, so your European linen stays supple and your Italian percale returns crisp rather than scorched or glazed.
Can you safely clean an Anichini cashmere or silk throw?
Yes. Anichini's Himalayan cashmere and hand-loomed silk throws should never be washed hot or machine-tumbled, which causes irreversible shrinking, felting, and loss of luster. We clean these throws gently and by fiber to protect their hand and drape, and we finish the hemstitched and embroidered borders by hand so the detail stays intact.