TOP Flamenco Fabric
5 colourways, light-filtering, 280 cm roll. TOP Window Covering fabric, made into roller shades in our Fort Lauderdale workroom and installed from Miami to Palm Beach.
A textured light-filtering cloth in five neutrals, from White to Anthracite
Flamenco is a light-filtering roller fabric from TOP Window Covering with a textured face: 100% polyester with a heat-set finish, 0.42 mm thick and 170 g/m2, on a 280 cm roll (110 inches). On the window the texture shows up against the light, which gives the shade the look of a woven textile. There are five colours: White, Ivory, Light Gray, Gray and Anthracite. It suits a bedroom, a study or a dining room where the shade should look like fabric and the light should stay gentle.
TOP's figures run from 5.1% visible transmission in Anthracite to 32.4% in Ivory, so the card goes from a dim room to a bright one, with Gray at 10.4% and Light Gray at 19.4% between. The pale colours send most of the sun's energy back out: White reflects 64.2%. Dark does not mean cool here, though: Anthracite still passes 19.7% of the sun's energy and absorbs 41.8%. TOP does not list Flamenco for humid rooms, although it does list fungal resistance.
What Flamenco does on your glass, and what it does not
Best use
Bedrooms, studies, dining rooms and family rooms where a textured shade suits the room and the windows are away from showers and steam. White or Ivory on north and east glass, Light Gray or Gray on south and west, Anthracite for a dim study or a room with a television. Choose it for texture and soft light; choose something else for a bathroom.
Privacy
By day the room is hidden in all five colours. At night a lit room shows through as a glow, with shadows on the cloth; White and Ivory, which pass about a third of the light, show them most, and Anthracite gives the least away. For a bedroom, add a blackout on a dual roller.
Glare control
Anthracite and Gray, at 5.1% and 10.4% visible transmission, keep a television or a monitor readable through a sunny afternoon, and Light Gray is fine for a laptop. White and Ivory soften the sky but become bright panels themselves, which a screen facing the window will show. When a low sun lines up with the glass, every colour lights up.
Limitations
No view, no darkness and no fire listing, and TOP does not list it for humid rooms, so it is not for a bathroom, a hotel room or a media room that must go black. A dark colour is not a heat fix on west glass, since Anthracite still lets a fifth of the sun's energy through. For a bathroom, take Orient (XXL), which TOP lists for humid rooms.
Flamenco
5 colours. Light-filtering (TOP: translucent); 280 cm (110 in) roll.
Colourways
79005
79003
79001
79002
79004
Swatch pictures and room photos: TOP Window Covering. Screens and monitors shift colour: judge on the sample.
Flamenco in TOP's room photos
TOP's own photography of the fabric on a window, to show the colour and the weave. These are not Exotic Shades installations.
Every Flamenco colourway, with TOP's published figures
| Swatch | Colour | Item | Tv | Ts | Rs | As | Tuv |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthracite | 79005 | 5.1 | 19.7 | 38.5 | 41.8 | 5.8 | |
| Light Gray | 79003 | 19.4 | 27.1 | 55 | 17.9 | 12.5 | |
| White | 79001 | 31 | 32.6 | 64.2 | 3.2 | 27.6 | |
| Ivory | 79002 | 32.4 | 32.5 | 60.8 | 6.7 | 15.6 | |
| Gray | 79004 | 10.4 | 23 | 47.2 | 29.8 | 9.7 |
Tv = visible light transmitted, Ts = solar energy transmitted, Rs = solar energy reflected, As = solar energy absorbed, Tuv = UV transmitted, in percent for the fabric alone, as published on TOP's datasheet; a dash means TOP publishes no figure for that colour. We bring TOP samples of the colours you shortlist to the consultation.
Where Flamenco works here
Flamenco suits a South Florida bedroom, study or dining room away from the baths: Light Gray or Gray on east and south glass, White or Ivory on the north side, Anthracite where a television needs a dim wall. We make each shade in our Fort Lauderdale workroom on a Lutron, Somfy or Crestron motor or a chain.
Twinlight Flamenco is the same five colours as a zebra fabric with sheer bands that open to the view; this roller cloth filters the whole window evenly, so the outside stays out of sight whenever it is down.
Flamenco: frequently asked
White or Ivory?
They behave almost the same. Ivory passes 32.4% of the visible light and White 31%, and White reflects a little more of the sun's energy, 64.2% against 60.8%. Choose on tone: White looks crisper beside white trim and walls, Ivory sits better with warm wood and cream.
Is Anthracite dark enough for a bedroom?
Not on its own. It passes 5.1% of the visible light, which gives a dim room by day, and a roller also lets light in down both sides. For sleep, put a blackout behind it; for a nap room or a study, Anthracite alone is usually enough.
How wide can a roller shade in TOP Flamenco be?
TOP makes Flamenco in a 280 cm (110 in) roll. The roll width is the widest single piece we can cut, so one roller shade can be made a little under 110 inches wide. Wider openings get two roller shades side by side, set to move together, or a split placed where a mullion hides it. We confirm the exact limit for the operating system when we measure.
Which shades can be made in Flamenco?
Flamenco is a roller shade fabric. We buy it from TOP Window Covering by the roll and make the shades ourselves in our Fort Lauderdale workroom: cut square, finished with a weighted hem bar and fitted to a Lutron, Somfy or Crestron motor or a manual chain, then installed by our own team from Miami to Palm Beach.
Can I see Flamenco samples before ordering?
Yes. Shortlist the colours here and we bring TOP samples of them to the in-home consultation, so you can hold them against your own glass in your own light. Our Fort Lauderdale workroom (4539 Powerline Rd, by appointment) and Miami Beach showroom (500 South Pointe Dr #150) have motorized shades running if you want to see one move.
Compare Flamenco with
Varese
A heavy jacquard roller cloth in five quiet colours, for a shade people look at
Pompei
A thick jacquard roller cloth in four light colours, for the formal rooms of a house
Orient (XXL)
A light-filtering roller in 36 colours, for rooms where the colour has to be exact
Blues
A heavy textured light-filtering cloth that runs from near-dark to soft daylight
Trento Translucent
Twelve quiet colours for daylight rooms, with a blackout made in the same colours
Verona Plus
Thirteen washed colours, from whites that pass nearly half the light to a dim Anthracite
TOP Flamenco roller shades in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton & Palm Beach
We buy Flamenco from TOP Window Covering, make the roller shades in our Fort Lauderdale workroom and install them with our own team from Miami to Palm Beach. 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 how a shade moves.
See Flamenco in your own light
Book a complimentary in-home consultation. Shortlist the colours you like and we bring the TOP samples, demo motors, and honest answers about light, privacy and what your windows need.