Alendel Lucca Fabric

5 colourways of velvet from Jaguar to Ochre, 57 in wide

Lucca is a velvet from Alendel, listed in 5 colourways, in 64% polyester and 36% viscose, at 57 in wide. The card is Jaguar, Teal, Ochre, Chinchilla and Admiral; Alendel files them under black, blue, yellow and beige. All 5 flagged in stock by Alendel. It sits in Alendel's C.I. Luxe Book.

At 57 in it is cut up the roll like a conventional drapery cloth: a panel joins widths at the seam, which sits inside a pleat, and a Roman shade takes one width up to roughly 50 inches finished before it needs a joined width. The repeat is vertical 14.76 in, horizontal 14.17 in, matched across seams and from window to window, so the yardage is figured on the repeat rather than the finished size. The viscose is what gives it the lustre; it is lined for the sun and kept out of wet rooms. Alendel lists the weight at 1.67 lb per yard, heavy for a velvet, so the track or rod is sized to carry it. Care is WA-P (washable or dry clean); Alendel's own line reads: washable, dry clean. It carries CAL 117, NFPA 260 and UFAC Class 1, the upholstery flammability listings; and FMVSS 302, the automotive interior test. Every colourway is listed as Oeko-Tex. Country of origin, as Alendel lists it: India.