Sarelli Interiors Textiles produces 13 primary textile types for luxury interiors, ranging from 20 GSM silk chiffon for sheer curtains to 400 GSM heavy brocade fabric for upholstery. The specific textile type determines the light filtration, drape characteristics, and abrasion resistance of the final installation.
Jacquard fabric and complex woven textiles
A jacquard fabric requires specialized mechanical looms that control individual warp threads, allowing weavers to create complex, raised patterns directly within the textile structure. Sarelli produces these jacquard textiles at standard widths of 140 centimeters, using silk and cotton blends that exceed 30,000 Martindale abrasion cycles.
- Brocade fabric: Brocade fabric features additional weft sections woven into a silk base, creating a raised, three-dimensional pattern that weighs between 250 and 400 GSM.
- Damask: Damask uses identical colors for both warp and weft threads but applies different twist levels to create a reversible glossy-matte contrast between the pattern and the background.
- Damasked: Damasked textiles follow the exact mechanical process of damask but incorporate different-colored threads to make the woven patterns stand out against the base layer.
- Lampas: Lampas incorporates multiple colored weft threads across a dark background, historically originating in China and now woven on mechanical jacquard looms at production speeds of 2 meters per hour.
Different types of shiny fabric and metallic weaves
Different types of shiny fabric achieve high light reflectance through specific weaving techniques, yarn twists, or metallic thread inclusions. Sarelli weavers select specific fabric compositions, including continuous filament silk, aluminum threads, or synthetic metallic yarns, to maximize surface glare.
- Satin: Satin achieves a smooth, glossy surface by floating warp threads over multiple weft threads, typically measuring 19 to 22 momme in weight. The long thread floats cause satin to wear quickly under heavy friction.
- Duchesse Satin: Duchesse Satin provides a heavier, stiffer drape at 120 GSM, making the material suitable for structured drapery panels rather than fluid curtains.
- Warp lame fabric: Warp lame fabric integrates metallic filaments directly into the vertical warp threads, creating a continuous metallic sheen across the entire 140-centimeter width.
- Watered silk: Watered silk functions as a fabric that looks like water. Manufacturers achieve this wavy, rippled visual effect by passing the woven silk through heated calendering rollers at pressures exceeding 1,000 kilograms per square meter.
Lightweight and sheer curtain textiles
Lightweight textiles for sheer curtains weigh between 20 and 80 GSM, providing high light transmission while maintaining structural integrity. Sarelli manufactures these semi-transparent fabrics using tightly twisted silk or fine cotton yarns woven in open grid structures.
- Chiffon: Chiffon utilizes a plain weave with highly twisted crepe yarns, resulting in a semi-transparent material weighing exactly 20 to 30 GSM.
- Crespo: Crespo features a distinct wavy texture generated by applying a strong twist to the silk yarn before the weaving process begins.
- Taffeta: Taffeta provides a crisp, tightly woven structure that produces a distinct rustling sound, typically weighing 90 GSM.
- Tulle: Tulle consists of a fine hexagonal openwork structure, requiring specialized netting machines to interlock the threads without traditional warp and weft intersections.
Textured and irregular silk variations
Textured silk textiles incorporate intentional irregularities in the yarn to create visual depth and tactile friction across the fabric surface. Weavers select specific double-cocoon silk filaments to produce these distinct, uneven finishes.
- Shantung: Shantung silk originates from yarns composed of two distinct filaments, creating visible knots and thickenings known as slubs. Sarelli inspects Shantung textiles strictly, because rapid pilling indicates improper yarn processing or insufficient twist levels during manufacturing.
