Alendel Empire Voile 118 Fabric

A sheer at 118 in, railroaded to run seamless, in 69 colourways

Alendel lists Empire Voile 118 as a sheer in 69 colourways, in 100% polyester, at 118 in wide, railroaded. The card is Sienna, Almond, Amarillo, Asparagus, Barley, Barn Red, Bittersweet Coco, Blue Haze plus 61 more; Alendel files them under orange, beige, yellow, green, red and brown. 67 of the 69 flagged in stock by Alendel. It sits in Alendel's Empire Book.

The width is the reason to look at it: railroaded, the 118 in becomes the drop, so a wall of glass up to about 9 ft 10 in high runs seamless from end to end, which is how we sew sheers across an ocean wall. 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 0.35 lb per yard by Alendel's listing, which is on the light side. Care is WA (washable). 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. Every colourway is listed as Oeko-Tex. Country of origin, as Alendel lists it: Turkey.