Alendel Canna Fabric

8 colourways of drapery cloth from Alabaster to Celeste, 122 in wide

Alendel lists Canna as a drapery cloth in 8 colourways, in 80% recycled polyester and 20% polyester, at 122 in wide, railroaded. The colours run Alabaster, Burlap, Celeste, Fog, Hummus, Leaf, Splash and Varnish, across the beige, blue, grey, green and brown families. All 8 flagged in stock by Alendel. It sits in Alendel's Constellation Book.

The width is the reason to look at it: railroaded, the 122 in becomes the drop, so a wall of glass up to about 10 ft 2 in high runs seamless from end to end, which is how we sew a drapery across a window wall without a seam. Alendel gives the repeat as vertical 24 in, horizontal 35.3 in; we match it across every seam and every window in the room, which adds yardage and is part of the quote. Being polyester it holds a pleat, keeps its size through humidity and a wash or a dry clean, and takes the sun better than a natural fibre, which matters on unshaded glass here. It weighs 1.63 lb per yard by Alendel's listing, and a cloth of that weight is hung on a track or rod sized for it. Care is WA-P (washable or dry clean). It passes NFPA 701 and CAN/ULC S109, the drapery flame tests asked for on commercial and condo common-area work in the US and Canada; it also carries CAL 117, an upholstery flammability listing; and FMVSS 302, the automotive interior test. Every colourway is listed as Oeko-Tex. Country of origin, as Alendel lists it: India.