Vescom Fabrics

Vescom fabrics come out of the contract market, where a textile has to survive years in a hotel lobby, an office, a hospital wing or a school corridor. That brief shapes them, and it explains why they behave so well in a house. A dining chair in daily use is not a lobby, but it asks the same kind of question of a cloth.

What the technical bar means for Vescom fabrics

The brand holds every quality to strict requirements on four fronts: flame retardancy, hygiene, lightfastness and how much abrasion a weave takes. Per quality, the product page carries the composition and the abrasion resistance value, and that abrasion figure is the one to read like a specifier: it decides whether a weave belongs on a seat cushion or is better kept for a headboard. For a piece that will stand at a south-facing window, ask us about lightfastness before you commit. Manufacturing sits in the United States, in Germany and at home in the Netherlands, among other countries.

Vescom weaves, from flat and quiet to real relief

The range runs from flat, quiet weaves to cloth with genuine texture. The flat qualities hold their appearance over years, which matters on furniture you will not reupholster soon; Sindo sits at that end, refined, with a clean and contemporary face. The textured ones work differently: Naltar brings warmth, Mioko a subtle structure with a calm palette, Heather a soft, natural hand. Dolin moves between jobs, upholstery one week and drapery the next. Working a single tone through a room? Our wider plain fabrics selection is a useful place to compare, and the velvet fabrics show what a deeper pile does to that same color.

Acoustic voiles for rooms that echo

By the brand's own account, these acoustic voiles absorb as much as five times more sound than a standard sheer. In American houses that is the overlooked fix: an open-plan main floor with hard flooring, drywall and a double-height stairwell rings, and a curtain that genuinely absorbs sound does more than another rug. From the wall side, our acoustic wallcovering selection tackles the same problem.

Pairing Vescom fabrics with wall and window

Vescom develops wall coverings, upholstery fabric and curtain fabric alongside each other, so wall, window and furniture can be coordinated within one design philosophy. The Vescom wall coverings come out of that same development track. After that it is a question of role: the upholstery fabrics for anything that gets sat on, the curtain fabrics for the window, and our luxury fabrics selection for a wider view.

Ordering from the Netherlands

Color reads differently under American daylight than in a European showroom photograph, so order a swatch and live with it: morning light in an entryway, lamplight in the evening. We ship from the Netherlands, and duties and taxes are included in the price shown. Unsure which quality suits the piece you have in mind? Tell us what that furniture does all day and we will narrow it down.