Holland & Sherry Hercules
Outdoor rib, 6 colourways, 100% polyolefin FR, 55 in wide. Holland & Sherry's own figures, and how we make it up as draperies in our Fort Lauderdale workroom, from the cloth your designer orders.
Outdoor rib, 55 in wide, in 6 colourways
Hercules is an outdoor rib from Holland & Sherry, in their Higgins Giles & Co outdoor range (100% polyolefin FR, 55 in wide, made in Italy). The range runs to 6 colourways: Atlantic Silver, Blue Coral, Coconut Shell, Deep Ocean, Moody Lagoon and Sea Foam. Their spec sheet gives its end use as "Upholstery, drapery, multi-use".
At 55 in wide, a drapery panel wider than one width is made of joined widths, with each seam hidden inside a pleat or a ripplefold wave. Holland & Sherry's sheet gives the fabric direction as railroaded. The repeat is 11.23 in down, matched at every seam and across the windows of a room, so the yardage is worked out on the repeat rather than the finished size.
Being an outdoor performance cloth, it goes where an indoor drapery would not survive the weather: a loggia, a cabana, a pool house open to the garden. It weighs 23 oz per linear yard (720 g per linear metre) by Holland & Sherry's figures.
- Composition
- 100% polyolefin FR
- Width
- 55 in
- Repeat
- 11.23 in down
- Weight
- 23 oz per linear yard
- Made in
- Italy
- Abrasion
- Martindale 40,000 rubs; Wyzenbeek 30,000 double rubs
What Hercules does at the window, and what it does not
Best use
Hercules is an outdoor performance cloth that Holland & Sherry list for drapery as well as upholstery, so it is the drapery for an outdoor room: a loggia, a cabana, a covered terrace, pinch pleat or ripplefold on a track rated for outdoors.
Light and privacy
Closed, Hercules gives full privacy; how much light comes through is decided by the lining we sew behind it: light-filtering for living rooms, interlining for body and quiet, blackout for bedrooms (the lining guide).
Cloth and care
100% polyolefin FR; 23 oz per linear yard (720 g per linear metre); Martindale 40,000 rubs; Wyzenbeek 30,000 double rubs. Care, by Holland & Sherry's sheet: do not dry clean; washed as their care instructions describe.
Limitations
At 55 in a wide panel is made of joined widths, and the repeat is matched at every seam, which costs yardage. No NFPA 701 result in Holland & Sherry's data, so a condo common area or a commercial job that asks for it needs the cloth flame treated with a certificate, if Holland & Sherry can supply it that way, or another cloth.
6 colourways of Hercules
6 colourways: Atlantic Silver, Blue Coral, Coconut Shell, Deep Ocean, Moody Lagoon and Sea Foam, as Holland & Sherry listed them when we read their site on October 7, 2026. The codes are what your designer orders by; the photographs are Holland & Sherry's own and stay on their site, linked from every row of the table below.
Colourways
- Atlantic SilverHG2737711 · White
- Blue CoralHG2737712 · Green
- Coconut ShellHG2737713 · Blue
- Deep OceanHG2737714 · Blue
- Moody LagoonHG2737715 · Brown
- Sea FoamHG2737717 · Grey
What Holland & Sherry say about Hercules
End use, in their words
"Upholstery, drapery, multi-use", from Holland & Sherry's spec sheet.
Fabric direction
Holland & Sherry's sheet gives the fabric direction as railroaded.
Flame tests
NFPA 701, the drapery flame test: not listed; upholstery tests on the sheet: BS 5852 Cigarette & Match Pass; Cal 117-2013 Pass.
Care and handling
Not dry cleaned; the sheet gives hand and machine washing instructions.
Samples and custom colours
Waterfall sample HGWF1001, ordered from Holland & Sherry by your designer. Custom colours from 110 yards (100 m), by their sheet.
Every Hercules colourway, as Holland & Sherry list it
| Colour | Code | Colour family | Width | Composition | Repeat | Weight | Made in | Holland & Sherry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Silver | HG2737711 | White | 55 in | 100% polyolefin FR | 11.23 in down | 23 oz/lyd (720 g/lm) | Italy | See it on their site |
| Blue Coral | HG2737712 | Green | 55 in | 100% polyolefin FR | 11.23 in down | 23 oz/lyd (720 g/lm) | Italy | See it on their site |
| Coconut Shell | HG2737713 | Blue | 55 in | 100% polyolefin FR | 11.23 in down | 23 oz/lyd (720 g/lm) | Italy | See it on their site |
| Deep Ocean | HG2737714 | Blue | 55 in | 100% polyolefin FR | 11.23 in down | 23 oz/lyd (720 g/lm) | Italy | See it on their site |
| Moody Lagoon | HG2737715 | Brown | 55 in | 100% polyolefin FR | 11.23 in down | 23 oz/lyd (720 g/lm) | Italy | See it on their site |
| Sea Foam | HG2737717 | Grey | 55 in | 100% polyolefin FR | 11.23 in down | 23 oz/lyd (720 g/lm) | Italy | See it on their site |
Colour names, codes, colour families, widths, compositions, repeats, weights and origin are Holland & Sherry's own, from their product page for each colourway, read on October 7, 2026. The photographs are theirs and stay on their site: each row links to it. Your designer confirms the colour and the dye lot with Holland & Sherry when the cloth is ordered.
How Hercules becomes draperies in your home
Your designer specifies
Holland & Sherry sell to the trade, so the cloth is chosen and ordered by your designer, with the colour code and the sample in hand. Not working with a designer? Tell us; we can suggest a cloth we order ourselves.
We measure and give the yardage
We measure the windows, settle the style, the fullness and the lining, and work out the yardage on the width and the repeat, so the order to Holland & Sherry is right the first time.
We make and install
The cloth comes to our Fort Lauderdale workroom, where our five in-house seamstresses cut and sew the draperies, and our own installers hang them on the rod, track or motorized system the window calls for.
Where Hercules works here
Outdoor rooms are part of how South Florida lives, and Hercules is the kind of cloth for them: drapery on a loggia or a cabana that has to take humidity and sun. It is cut and sewn in our Fort Lauderdale workroom and installed by our own team from Miami to Palm Beach, on hardware chosen for the outdoors.
For the same use, compare Hercules with Habacoa (outdoor stripe, 55 in, 6 colourways), Limassol (outdoor texture, 55 in, 6 colourways) and Vell (outdoor texture, 55 in, 6 colourways).
Hercules: frequently asked
How many colours does Holland & Sherry Hercules come in?
6 colourways on Holland & Sherry's site when we read it on October 7, 2026: Atlantic Silver, Blue Coral, Coconut Shell, Deep Ocean, Moody Lagoon and Sea Foam. Every one is listed on this page with its code; Holland & Sherry's photographs of each are on their own site, linked from the table.
Can I buy Hercules from you?
No. Holland & Sherry sell to the trade, so your designer orders the cloth from them. We make it up and install it: we measure and work out the yardage, the cloth is sent to our Fort Lauderdale workroom, and our seamstresses cut and sew the draperies.
Will Hercules need seams?
Yes on most windows: at 55 in wide, a panel wider than one width is made of joined widths, with the seams hidden inside the pleats and the repeat matched at each seam.
Does Hercules need a lining?
Yes. The lining is chosen for the room: a light-filtering sateen for a living room, an interlining for body and quiet, a blackout lining for a bedroom (lining guide).
What does Hercules cost made up as draperies?
The cloth is bought through your designer at Holland & Sherry's price, so our quote covers what we make and install: the fabrication, the lining, the track or rod and the installation, worked out from the measure. Ask for a workroom price with the button above and we come back with a figure, not a range.
Compare Hercules with
Hercules draperies in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton & Palm Beach
Your designer orders Hercules from Holland & Sherry; we measure, work out the yardage, cut and sew it in our own Fort Lauderdale workroom as draperies, and hang it with our own installers on the rod, track or motorized system the window calls for, anywhere from Miami to Palm Beach.
Have Hercules made up properly
Book a complimentary in-home consultation, with your designer or on your own. We measure, talk through the lining, the fullness and the hardware, and give the yardage for the Holland & Sherry order.