Rubelli | Tadao

Polyester manipulated until it slubs like shantung, which sounds like a compromise and is not. The yarn has been worked at every stage, in the weave, the technique and the finish, until it dulls and thickens like a natural fibre, and in a room it passes for silk or linen.

40,000 Martindale, 518 g a metre, and a certification list running to eleven entries, among them IMO 5 for wallcovering and IMO 7 for curtains, contract upholstery in the UK and the United States, and M1, B1 and Classe 1 across Europe. Twenty-five colourways, 140 cm wide, made in Italy.