Crestron Emma Fabric
9 colourways, basketweave, openness 5%, Crestron Tier 2. Every swatch and every figure Crestron publishes, from the Crestron-certified team in Fort Lauderdale that specifies and installs Crestron shades from Miami to Palm Beach.
The 5% basketweave with the widest spread of visible light on one cardTier 2
Emma is a Coulisse basketweave at 5% openness, 80% PVC and 20% PES, in the Heritage book at Tier 2. It is the fabric for a room that wants a screen with more light in it than E Screen gives at the same openness, and its card is built unlike any other in the library: nine colours named for metals and a pearl, Pearl, Silver, Nickle, Tin, Steel, Lead, Gold, Bronze and Copper, one weave each, with no openness ladder to climb. Every colourway publishes its solar figures, which is what lets a specifier place each one before the sample comes out.
The spread across the nine is the point. Pearl passes 43% of the solar energy that reaches it and reflects 46%, more than twice what E Screen White/White passes at the same openness; Silver, Nickle, Bronze and Gold sit between 23% and 31% transmitted; Steel at 18%; and Copper, Tin and Lead pass 7% to 9% and absorb 81% to 83%, which is where the glare control and the clear view are. Crestron's visible transmission for the card runs from 6% to 51%, the widest range it publishes for any design in this library, so the same weave can be a bright, open screen in Pearl or a quiet dark one in Lead.
Woven by Coulisse.
What Emma does on your glass, and what it does not
Best use
A room that is not fighting the sun and wants the card: a north-facing dining room, a study under a deep balcony, bedrooms on the shaded side of a house that runs a plainer screen on the water. Pearl, Silver or Nickle where the room should stay bright; Lead, Tin or Copper on a slider that takes the afternoon. On west glass or in a room with screens, go to Esprit at 1% instead.
Privacy
A 5% openness weave gives daytime privacy: with sun on the glass the room is hard to read from the street through any of the nine, more so behind Pearl, Silver and Nickle, which reflect the most light back, less behind Lead, Tin and Copper, which give the clearer view out. After dark with a lamp on the room shows through all nine, so a bedroom pairs it with a blackout on a dual roller.
Glare control
Lead, Tin and Copper are the glare colourways: single-figure solar transmission, most of the rest absorbed in the yarn, and a screen or a television stays readable behind them. Pearl is the opposite, passing several times more, and belongs where glare is not the complaint; Silver, Nickle, Bronze and Gold sit between. Emma has no tighter weave, so a west window takes a dark colourway or a 1% weave elsewhere.
Limitations
No night privacy and no darkening, and no tighter weave: 5% openness is the only one. It is not railroaded, so a shade wider than 118 inches carries a seam or splits in two on one bracket. The dark colourways absorb more than 80% of the solar energy at the glass, so a hot west wall warms behind Lead or Copper, and the card sits a column above Esprit and Grant on the budget grid.
Emma colourways
9 colours. Openness 5%; up to 118 in wide; Crestron Tier 2; woven by Coulisse.
Composition, ratings, certifications, hembar options and cleaning are from Crestron's Fabric Information Guide, revision 3.23.26.
Colourways
Every Emma colourway, with Crestron's published figures
Ts = solar energy transmitted, Rs = solar energy reflected, As = solar energy absorbed and Tv = visible light transmitted, in percent, as Crestron publishes them in its fabric shop and its Fabric Information Guide (revision 3.23.26) for each colourway; Ts, Rs and As add up to 100. Openness is Crestron's figure; width is the usable roll width. We bring samples of the colours you shortlist to the consultation.
What a Crestron shade in Emma costs
Crestron places this fabric in price Tier 2. Its budgetary guide of June 2022 lists a motorized 5 Series roller shade in a Tier 2 fabric at $1,000 for 3 ft x 5 ft, $1,300 for 5 ft x 10 ft and $1,600 for 10 ft x 10 ft, MSRP, motor included, before options, control, wiring and installation.
| Shade size | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 ft wide x 5 ft high | $900 | $1,000 | $1,200 | $1,400 |
| 5 ft wide x 10 ft high | $1,100 | $1,300 | $1,600 | $2,200 |
| 10 ft wide x 10 ft high | $1,400 | $1,600 | $2,000 | $3,200 |
Options in the same guide: fascia $20 per ft; top and back cover $20 per ft; pocket $50 per ft; dual shade (two fabrics, one bracket) double the single-shade figure. The guide names example fabrics per tier: Tier 1: Bella, Mika, Merinda, Nava; Tier 2: E Screen, SheerWeave 2500, 2700 and 7500, Perla, Dilanna; Tier 3: SheerWeave 7000, Rachel, Nohea, Cosima; Tier 4: Flocke, Vizela, Harika; a few have changed tier since, and every fabric page gives the tier the Crestron fabric shop lists today. The guide excludes control processors, keypads, interfaces, wiring, power supplies, programming and installation. Source (PDF).
Figures are Crestron's own budgetary MSRP guide of June 2022 for one motorized 5 Series roller shade, motor included, before options. They exclude the control system, wiring, power, programming and installation, and Crestron may have changed them since. We quote every project at the measure.
Where Emma works here
We put Emma where the room is not fighting the sun and the card is the reason for the choice: a dining room off a shaded terrace, a north-facing study, the bedrooms of a Fort Lauderdale house that runs E Screen on the water side. Pearl, Silver and Nickle for a bright room with no glare complaint; Lead, Tin or Copper on glass that takes the afternoon. At 5% openness we keep it off a west wall and out of rooms with screens, where a 1% weave belongs.
Emma is the 5% basketweave with a card of metal names and the widest light range in the library; Grant is the plainer Tier 1 weave at the same openness, Esprit the four-openness family beside it, and SheerWeave 2390, 2705 and 4500 the Phifer fiberglass weaves at 5% with lower transmission and a fire listing.
Emma: frequently asked
Why does Emma's Pearl let so much more light through than the rest of the card?
Because the yarn is pale and the weave is 5% openness: what the holes do not pass, a light yarn reflects or lets through rather than absorbing. Crestron publishes 43% solar transmittance and 46% reflectance for Pearl against 7% and 11% for Lead, and a visible transmission range of 6% to 51% for the card. In practice Pearl is a bright shade for a room with no glare problem, and Lead, Tin and Copper are the ones to hang where a screen has to work.
Is Emma fire retardant?
Crestron's Fabric Information Guide does not list a fire-retardant rating for Emma; its ratings are OEKO-TEX certified, lead free, mould and bacteria resistant, recyclable and Massachusetts compliant. For a private residence that is rarely a question. For a condo association, a hotel or an office that asks for a fire listing in writing, we specify Esprit or E Screen, both listed as fire retardant in the same guide, and keep Emma for the rooms where the paperwork does not apply.
What does a Crestron shade in Emma cost?
Crestron places this fabric in price Tier 2. Its budgetary guide of June 2022 lists a motorized 5 Series roller shade in a Tier 2 fabric at $1,000 for 3 ft x 5 ft, $1,300 for 5 ft x 10 ft and $1,600 for 10 ft x 10 ft, MSRP, motor included, before options, control, wiring and installation. Options, the control system, wiring and installation are on top; we quote the finished shade at the measure.
How wide can a Crestron shade in Emma be?
Crestron lists a usable roll width of 118 inches for Emma; it is not railroaded, so an opening wider than the roll takes two shades side by side, coupled on one bracket with the light gap set at a mullion. We confirm the limit for the chosen hardware when we measure.
Can I see Emma samples before ordering?
Yes. We bring samples of the colours you shortlist to the in-home consultation, so you judge them against your own glass, and both showrooms, 4539 Powerline Rd in Fort Lauderdale (by appointment) and 500 South Pointe Dr #150 in Miami Beach, have motorized shades running.
Crestron Emma shades in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton & Palm Beach
We specify Emma on Crestron Digital QMT motors and hardware for any project from Miami to Palm Beach; Crestron builds each shade to order from our measurements, and we install it with our own team and commission it with your integrator. Both showrooms, 4539 Powerline Rd in Fort Lauderdale (by appointment) and 500 South Pointe Dr #150 in Miami Beach, have motorized shades running so you can see the fabric in motion.
See Emma in your own light
Book a complimentary in-home consultation. Shortlist the colours you like and we bring samples, demo motors, and honest answers about openness, colour and what your windows actually need.