Top 10 | High performance velvets

The ultimate transitional textile, South Beach adds comfort and glamour to Mokum’s growing high performance range. Delivering the luxury of a plush velvet in a resilient construction, it is suitable for outdoor and/or indoor environments which require high UV resistance and easy-care properties. With its luxurious look, heavy duty attributes, and comprehensive palette of timeless neutrals and saturated, sun-drenched shades, South Beach velvet is the perfect plain for our Antipodean lifestyle.

Lech is a sublime multipurpose velvet. With a dry cotton-velvet look in a synthetic composition and a FibreGuard finish, this a superior option for both residential and commercial projects. Lech is available in an extensive palette of retro-inspired colours, including hues of golden toffee, smoky teal, and warm neutrals.

Cordial is a jacquard velvet reinterpretation of a classic broad-width corduroy. This decorative velvet is multipurpose, composed of 100% recycled polyester, and constructed with FibreGuard’s high-performance technology, allowing for ease of maintenance and longevity. Cordial is suitable for residential and commercial applications with a Martindale of 100,000 and is certified ISO 14001, GRS, and Oeko-Tex 100 standards, ensuring sustainable production practices.

Expertly woven using fire retardant yarn, Palacio FR is a sophisticated velvet with a short, dense, polyester pile, offering a dry handle, soft drape, and subtle sheen. Available in an extensive palette of neutrals, mineral tones, and decorative shades, Palacio FR is the perfect velvet for upholstery or drapery specification that requires FR certification. With the added benefits of being washable and Oeko-Tex 100 and ISO 14001 certified, Palacio FR warrants a fundamental position within your textile tool kit.

Manade is a multipurpose, knitted velvet on a canvas backing, printed with a micro pattern to evoke a vintage look of aged leather. Strong and soft in a palette of deep, intense colours, Manade expresses a love for freedom. Manade’s decorative sister Daim is embroidered with a viscose yarn on the same knitted polyester velvet.

With a lush texture and dense pile, this multipurpose velvet combines FibreGuard’s stain resistance with a 100% recycled polyester composition. Inherently durable, Verbier has a dry cotton-velvet look with a weighted handle and is available in a palette of trend inspired ochres, burnt spices, moss greens alongside classic neutrals. Verbier is washable at 74 degrees and Oeko-Tex 100, Global Recycled Standard, and ISO 14001 certified.

A velvet that can be confidently lived on within the home or commercial space, Vienna offers the look and feel of a sophisticated dry cotton-velvet with the durability of 100% polyester. Woven in Turkey and available in an extensive colour palette of neutrals and richly decorative hues, Vienna is perfectly suited to both upholstery and drapery application.

Opera is a multipurpose crushed velvet that makes a statement and demands attention. Whether it’s for super luxe cinema room drapes, bar stools, or a vintage chair this design won’t disappoint. Although a decorative velvet, Opera is highly durable and boats the formidable easy-clean attributes of FibreGuard, giving you endless style without the drama.

With the growing trend of curvaceous furnishings in the interior space, Alpaca Velvet is the perfect solution for both residential and commercial schemes. Our luxurious wool blend velvet is woven in Italy and has been recoloured in a fashionable and forward-thinking custom dyed palette. With its deep, dense pile Alpaca Velvet delivers a sophisticated treatment to both modern and classic applications.

Opulent and super soft, Poeme draws on the features of velvet and emphasises them with a vibrant and essential colour palette of on-trend hues. Boasting a short matte pile with minimal shading visible when in use, high performance durability makes Poeme ideal for a multitude of spaces, applications, and interior schemes.

A special 11th addition is Mokum’s latest release, Lama Velvet – the ultimate in high performance, natural luxury.

Suffusing elegance, comfort, and refinement Mokum’s luxurious Lama Velvet upholstery is a sustainable, undyed textile available in ten natural melange shades from pure white to caramel, chocolate brown, grey, and black. Offering inherent thermal insulation, natural shine, and hypoallergenic characteristics, Lama Velvet is antimicrobial and water, stain, and fire resistant.

Learn more about the construction and maintenance of velvet textiles in our previous article For the love of velvet and explore our extensive offering of velvets here.