Rubelli | Fabthirty

Five different technical yarns go into it, which is what gives a flame-retardant polyester the broken, wool-like surface of tweed. The colour is built by mixing rather than by dyeing flat, so the thirty shades read as compounds: not one colour but two or three seen from across a room.

50,000 Martindale rubs, colour fastness of 7 out of 8 to light, contract certification in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and the United States, IMO 8 for marine, and a four-year guarantee from Rubelli. This is the cloth you specify when the sofa has to survive the house. 140 cm, made in Italy.