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Welcome to our website showroom
We have taken this opportunity to exhibit here some of our fabric collections; we have had a lot of fun in their creation and even more during their photo shoots - we hope it shows.
If you would like to look at any of the collections listed below just click on the collection name to be taken straight to that
area of the page. (Click on an image to see the full size picture).
Grande
Soiree
Collection
A collection of stunning
designs that co-ordinate in an eye-catching way.
Perfectly suitable for drapes and domestic
upholstery and can be treated for flame retardancy.
All fabrics in this collection has a Martindale rub
test of 27,000.
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Gypsy
Rose
Collection
An eclectic range of
designs inspired by country gardens and shoreline walks bathed in warm sunshine.
Gypsy Rose is an uplifting collection with a
perfect blend of weaves and prints working together in total harmony and joined
by mutual use of natural cotton and the thread of a storyline, sharing together
colours from an artist's palate.
Each design from Gypsy Rose to Cobblestone, making
seven in total, melts into its neighbour; there are a total of forty-two
combinations across the whole collection offering a wide choice of ideas for
both draperies downstairs, bedrooms and associated accessories.
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Capri
Collection
Famed for its beauty and
set off the Italian Sorrentine Peninsula, south of Naples, the Island has been a
celebrated resort since Roman times.
With the blue backdrop of the Mediterranean, its
craggy rock faces covered with wild flowers in the spring, boasting some of the
finest and best preserved Imperial Roman Villas in Italy, Capri conjures up a
perfect dream of both the past and present.
The collection of attractive fabrics from Academy
Clairtex obviously influenced by current fashion trends, offers a unique and
attractive way of showing off a collection of brilliantly coloured checks and
stripes using a seersucker finish in 100% cotton - probably at this time unique
to the trade in general.
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Polka
Dots
and
Moonbeams
Collection
A step into a new era of
colour and decorative fashion whilst retaining a colour theme that is never too
distant from the heart of our company. Polka Dots and
Moonbeams is an introduction to our collections of a new format in
decorative woven textile constructions; there are seven designs in all covering
a mood of colour themes based on five main presentations.
Disco with its use of coloured warps offers a
perfect way to present a polka dot for decorative home use. Its perfect
companion Promenade, a multi stripe with a
surface cross stitch, follows on. Sketchbook
is just as it sounds - a single colour design on a colour background - its
gentle interpretation of a flower will add calm to any room.
Solitaire &
Showhouse are two vertical stripes, one
slightly narrow and the other generously full; tightly woven, these two designs
are simply - just smart. Jubilee, a plain
cloth with an exciting construction that offers a depth to its surface created
by an innovative construction. Last but by no means least is
Cobblestone another cross-stitch and a
companion for Promenade which is the design
that co-ordinates with Disco, there we have
it, a collection themed on a dot, thus we have gone full circle.
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Sapphire
Collection
Our beautiful collection of
plain dupion silk consists of 150 fabulous colours.
Using natural Chinese silk woven in India, Sapphire
is approximately 137cms wide and weighs 115 grams per linear metre.
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Chichester
Collection
Chichester is the first part of our shoreline collection. A range of differently designed weaves, checks and stripes in striking shoreline colours. This exciting mixture of fabrics is a must for anyone living close to a waterside environment; bold and colourful they embody an atmosphere of a weekend away. Why not come with us?
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Young
At
Heart
Collection
Sun, holidays, a certain time in the year when one's heart lifts for absolutely no reason at all. Is it one's remembered youth? Or are we secretly still young at heart? While window shopping and looking at clothes sometimes you smile just at the joy of how a certain colour has been pitched. That is precisely how we felt when this collection had finally been selected and laid out on our storyboard.
Had we remembered a long forgotten picture of the young Brigitte Bardot wearing a gingham pink bikini on the beach at St Tropez? Or was it just a faded mixed up memory of spring flowers under an August sun? Whatever it was, it still is today; look around, there is not a young fashion house without its pinks and blues, joyous to behold. And here we are all laid out and prepared for the home, mouth wateringly delicious, fresh, vibrant, optimistic, in fact quite, young at heart.
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Vanity
Fair
Collection
Fresh as the first flowers
of spring, this collection of woven cotton designs introduces a number of new
colour ways into the colour palette of Academy Clairtex. The collections first
design Rosy Posy, a small flower on a tiny
polka dot background, introduces us to the colour way seaglass and it is just so
- a sea blue with a strong hint of green. Next is out design
Confetti, a polka dot design and this looks
quite striking in another new colour way - blossom - a wild pink. The design
T Square is just that and introduces our
colour version of tumbleweed - a combination of warm sand and soft beige. Our
design Candy Stripe is as it sounds, an
almost edible stripe stolen from a sweet shop, this design introduces a new
version of our lime colour way set upon a sharp white background.
Parasol Plaid is a traditional check with an
overlay chevron emphasising the colour differences in the pattern. Last, but
definitely not least, is our design Penny Lane
with an appearance of six shades making up its subtle stripe in another new
combination of peony and a fresh lime green. Vanity Fair has been created by
Academy Clairtex as a useful collection for linking colour around the home,
working well with wooden floors and modern carpets both in one's living and
working environment as well as in all bedroom areas.
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Market
Town
Collection
Market Towns are synonymous with hustle and bustle, vibrant characters, colour and noise; the weekly markets themselves are as often as not the lifeblood of the town and its population. This dynamic collection is full of personality and mood as well.
We have taken a number of different designs and cascaded them into a waterfall of colour and character hopefully covering a majority of your home's needs; fashion has not gone unheeded either with a sharp intake of recent introductions we have noted this season. As with a majority of our collections the use of natural fibres is foremost and in these designs we have used exclusively cotton.
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Richmond
Collection
The Silk damask has enjoyed broad popularity since the early seventeenth century. Its use has been widespread especially in British Houses. In earlier times these fabrics were woven in 21 and 25 inch widths, today the typical width of cloth would be 54 inches or as more common 140 centimetres. This luxurious classic collection we hope brings together the traditions of a bygone era with the benefits of modern production techniques.
The limited use of cotton in three designs is there to strengthen the silk construction and give the cloth greater depth. Silk itself originated from
China. With orchards of mulberry trees the cultivation of the silk worm and the production of silk was in full production around one thousand years BC. The beauty of silk was recognised early in history and was used by traders as a method of payment to those in power and by some as the settlement of a dowry and even for the payment of ransom.
Today silk is still part of the decorator's special exclusive vocabulary; a room using this wonderful fibre for decoration always seems to evoke that something extra that no other textile fibre has.
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Riviera
Collection
The name automatically brings on a feeling of Bon Ami. Glamorous
marinas, miles of sun drenched golden beaches edged by tall green pines
and that unique pine and sea scent. Taking an evening stroll along a promenade.
Perhaps catching the last of an evening sunset across a harbour.
Romance style its all-available on the Riviera.
This collection of cotton weaves in seven designs covers a very broad spectrum
of colour choices and we hope brings pleasure to your home.
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Alpine
Collection
This luxurious collection of natural and off white sheers presents the interior designer with the perfect fabric for either discreet secondary curtains or a fabric treatment that allows the flat or house dweller maximum light with minimum intrusion.
This is a collection of inspired ideas rich in thought provoking innovation. Using linen to pass across the fabric's face the cloth takes on the appearance of a natural weave whilst retaining the benefits of a strong construction. This collection also works in total harmony with the Andorra Collection, woven natural cottons.
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Arcachon
Sheer
Collection
This luxurious collection of natural and subtly coloured sheers presents the interior designer with the perfect fabric for either discreet secondary curtains or a fabric treatment that allows the flat or house dweller maximum light with minimum intrusion. This is a collection of inspired ideas rich in thought provoking moods and colour. Using linen to pass across the fabrics face the cloth takes on the appearance of a natural weave whilst retaining the benefits of a strong construction. This collection also works in harmony with many other fabrics within the collections of Academy Clairtex.
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Paris
Collection
The city of Paris is
synonymous with the world of fashion, art, colour and luxury.
This stunning collection of velvets from Academy
Clairtex is also based on an exquisite cloth beautifully woven at an old family
run mill in the north of England that has been producing fine velvets for over a
century.
The velvet is produced using 100% cotton fibre and
has a remarkable Martindale test of 70,000 rubs.
Luxury personified; with a colour range to match
the fabrics beautiful handle, it is a cloth to grace the finest of homes.
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Summer
Breeze,
Autumn
Leaves
Collection
At Academy Clairtex we try to achieve a something very special in our fabric collections. In this collection colour is the dominant factor. However the style of weave and construction play an important role in the overall appearance. In this collection fabrics are both machine and hand-woven and the attraction of these cloths lie in their irregularity, this is part of their make up and character.
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Andorra
Collection
A book of natural cottons in an array of special designs and effects. Cotton is one of the most important fibres known to mankind. The history of cotton is full of myths and legend. The Greeks thought that the cotton plant had baby lambs on its branches. The explorer Sir John Manderville, who upon his return from India in 1350 developed this story, albeit terribly untrue, of how the cotton branches were so pliable that they bent down to allow the lambs to feed when hungry.
Columbus found cotton in the
West Indies in 1490. It was further developed in the
New World during the seventeenth century and by the eighteenth century it was the very fuel of our industrial revolution; and the rest they say is history.
The majority of fibres used in this collection are cotton; additional fibres have only been used when necessary and needed to support the design's construction. The softness and handle of the fabrics have been achieved by using the finest yarns available and weaving to the highest standards.
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Town
&
Country
Collection
At Academy Clairtex we try to achieve a something very special in our fabric collections. In this collection colour is the dominant factor. However the style of weave and construction play an important role in the overall appearance. In this collection fabrics are both machine and hand-woven and the attraction of these cloths lie in their irregularity, this is part of their make up and character. Therefore fabrics, especially checks and plaids, will not - cannot - always match.
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