By the metreLimen
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
The sample drawer / sold by the metre
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
By the metreSatin linen
An exercise in pushing the boundaries of warp and weft: light translated into fabric, and fabric into painting.
By the metreJacquard
Companion to Limen — the same enquiry into structure, held at a quieter register.
By the metreDouble-width jacquard linen
Elusive and perennial, figurative but also hissing: a dreamlike world suspended between the shimmer of day and the rarefied night.
Also made up as a cushion — €106
By the metreTubular linen jacquard
A puffy, irregular surface obtained with a special tubular linen yarn — the pattern is built, never printed.
Also made up as a cushion — €157
By the metreTubular linen jacquard — Acquamarina
The same cloth read in lagoon green: the tubular yarn catches light along its whole length.
By the metreSatin linen — M0150 Muffa
Muffa: the colour of a wall in Cannaregio after rain.
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.
How it is made
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