The Product
Authentic heritage era moquette now available by the metre for upholstery and handicraft projects large and small. Comes as a custom cut piece directly from the roll, your chosen size in length and 1.27 metres in width. All our moquettes have been faithfully and accurately recreated from clean, non-faded samples of original fabric and archive documentation, and are manufactured using authentic techniques.
Our moquettes are primarily made for use in the restoration of rolling stock at the nation's heritage steam railways, and as such this cloth is finished by hand to comply with all UK Railway Safety, Durability and Flammability requirements. It is therefore an extremely hard-wearing material with great stain-resistance properties. This cloth is the real deal and we guarantee you will not be disappointed.
Please Note: This pattern has the coloured lines running along the length of the roll (second picture) whilst it is common to orient the coloured lines vertically when applying it to a project (first picture).
The Pattern - Trojan
An early version of this pattern first appeared in 1958 as entirely loop-pile moquette that was used in the Open Saloons of the new electric multiple unit trains being built for the lines from London to the Kent coast. The textured-pile version that we now know and love evolved from this early design and became ubiquitous across the standard class passenger accomodation of the 'blue & grey' era of British Rail. It is a widely recognised pattern and is extremely popular both commercially and domestically.
Delivery
All by-the-metre orders are cut to order and shipped using a tracked 48hr courier. Small orders are sent boxed whilst larger orders are sent on a roll. We take our environmental impact seriously and try to reduce packaging materials wherever possible. We only use plastic packaging materials where absolutely necessary and we are constantly looking for new ways to make all transactions as carbon-light as possible.
