The sample drawer / sold by the metre

Textile
library

Cloth on the roll, for curtains, upholstery and panels. Each jacquard is developed with Italian mills and ordered by the metre in a named colourway.

Samples sent from Venice — orders@chiarastellacattana.com, shipping only

Finished pieces are in the shop
Limen — Satin linenBy the metre

Limen

Satin linen

An exercise in pushing the boundaries of warp and weft: light translated into fabric, and fabric into painting.

  • F4 Bianco€259 / m
  • M0017 Pietra€272 / m
  • M0150 Muffa€272 / m
Savio — JacquardBy the metre

Savio

Jacquard

Companion to Limen — the same enquiry into structure, held at a quieter register.

  • Single colourway€252 / m
Altheas — Double-width jacquard linenBy the metre

Altheas

Double-width jacquard linen

Elusive and perennial, figurative but also hissing: a dreamlike world suspended between the shimmer of day and the rarefied night.

  • Campo Green€394 / m
  • Crepuscolo Blue€394 / m
  • Ofelia Blue€394 / m

Also made up as a cushion — €106

Catenella — Tubular linen jacquardBy the metre

Catenella

Tubular linen jacquard

A puffy, irregular surface obtained with a special tubular linen yarn — the pattern is built, never printed.

  • Blu Garda€381 / m
  • Acquamarina€381 / m
  • Bianco Uovo€381 / m
  • Giallo Citrino€381 / m

Also made up as a cushion — €157

Catenella — Tubular linen jacquard — AcquamarinaBy the metre

Catenella

Tubular linen jacquard — Acquamarina

The same cloth read in lagoon green: the tubular yarn catches light along its whole length.

  • Acquamarina€381 / m
Limen — Satin linen — M0150 MuffaBy the metre

Limen

Satin linen — M0150 Muffa

Muffa: the colour of a wall in Cannaregio after rain.

  • M0150 Muffa€272 / m

Also in the drawer

Further designs are held in the library and shown on request; width and composition are confirmed with the sample, not published.

  • Hara
  • Kiri
  • Mies
  • Nami
  • Nami 1
  • Lys
  • Maba
  • Fiamma
  • Tide 1-40
  • Tide 12
  • Dune 1x2
  • F58
  • Intreccio
  • Lale 11
  • Raso 121
  • Raso 121 Gea
  • Anemos
  • L5x2

How it is made

Two structures in one weave.

In yarn-dyed jacquard the design is not printed but built thread by thread: warp and weft change structure inside the same cloth, so pattern and texture are one thing. It is slower to make — and it lasts longer.

See the same weave finished: Flora tablecloth
Detail of a yarn-dyed linen jacquard