Casamance Fabrics

Casamance fabrics come from a French textile house founded in 2000 and now sold in more than a hundred countries. The collections are designed in France and reach American homes straight from Europe.

The house has showrooms in Paris, London and Culemborg in the Netherlands. The range sits as easily in a classic Parisian apartment as in a quiet contemporary room.

The story behind Casamance fabrics

Casamance calls itself an éditeur and fabricant, which means the house designs its own collections and has them produced under its own direction. Stylists, designers and photographers work side by side, and the stated aim is to make "the classics of tomorrow."

That ambition shows up as restraint. A design reads quiet from across the room and full of nuance once you stand next to it. Color, texture and structure are worked out together, so the same weave looks a little different in morning light than under a lamp at night.

Weaves and textures of Casamance fabrics

The range runs from airy weaves that hang well at a window to sturdier cloth made for sofas, chairs and armchairs. That sturdier cloth is where Casamance upholstery fabric comes in. Many designs have a natural surface that recalls linen, a look closely tied to French style.

Color is where the house shows its hand. The Parisian design team treats it as a language: a sage green that shifts in evening light, a deep blue with a shimmer you barely see. Velvet matters too. Opium Velvet packs palm trees, fan flowers and small white blossoms into a dense teal and navy field picked out in ochre. Heritage scatters short cream dashes across dark blue velvet in loose rows. Herbes Folles goes the other way, with large stylized leaves stacked into ochre chevrons on off white.

Signature Casamance fabric collections

Below is a selection of the Casamance collections we carry, ranging from line and geometry to woolly texture and velvet.

• Benang fabric collection Casamance — organic structures and refined fabrics in earthy tones and soft pastels, inspired by Indonesia.
• Les Précieuses — leaves, rings and grids drawn in close thread lines that read like embroidery
• Recueil — graphic line patterns beside plain velvet, in black with ecru and anthracite with silver
• Scotia — checks, stripes and plains for upholstery, all with a woolly surface that shows the weave
• Paris Lumière — matte beside sheen in cream, sand and taupe, from fine stripes to a baroque damask
• Dolce Vita Cas 2 — two velvets in ochre and copper, one plain and one with an embroidered line motif
• Cher Ami — small, closely set motifs in sand, ochre, rust and cream, with deep navy as counterpoint
• Les Tisserands — upholstery weaves in ecru, beige, brown and gold, broken here and there by blue gray

Where Casamance fabrics work best

Curtains and drapes are the natural starting point. Many American homes have open floor plans and taller ceilings than older houses, so drapery panels run longer. At that height a weave with good drape carries better than a loud print, and a nuanced palette holds the room together when kitchen, dining and seating share one sightline.

For chairs and sofas, look at the collections shown on furniture. Dolce Vita Cas 2 velvet covers a sofa with rounded forms, Cher Ami dresses oak-framed armchairs and a round bar, and Les Tisserands wraps a sofa with a rounded corner. Cushions are an easy way in. A stack of round velvet cushions, as in the Heritage image, brings in pattern without reupholstering anything.

Casamance draws its palettes and patterns in relation to one another, so Casamance wallpaper lines up with the weaves without guesswork. In a powder room or entryway, try a patterned paper on the wall and a bench in a plain fabric.

Choosing and caring for Casamance upholstery fabric

Start with the job the fabric has to do. A curtain should fall softly, while Casamance upholstery fabric has to stand up to people sitting on it every day. For sofas and much-used chairs, lean toward heavier weaves and velvets, such as the woolly checks in Scotia, the weaves in Les Tisserands or the velvets in Dolce Vita Cas 2. For curtains, the lighter, airier weaves are the better match.

Colors and textures never fully come across on a screen, least of all in weaves that live on shimmer or structure. For cleaning, always follow the care advice supplied with your fabric, because it differs from one weave to the next. Unsure which Casamance upholstery fabric suits a busy family sofa? Our team will give you personal advice.

Buy Casamance fabrics at Selected Wallpapers

Selected Wallpapers is an official Casamance dealer, working with homeowners and the trade alike. We can help you track down a specific design, color or project quantity.

Prices for Casamance in the US are on request. Send us the designs you have in mind and you receive a quote in USD with shipping, duties and taxes included, so nothing is collected at your door. Read how delivery works on our US shipping page, and bring any question to our team for personal advice.