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.
The Pattern - Blazing Sun
Blazing Sun (or as it is occasionally referenced, Cog and Lozenge) is one of the Festival of Britain group of designs, first introduced in 1951 for the new range of British Railways Standard coaches (later known as the Mark 1 fleet).
The main motif in this design is reminiscent of the "Sun's Rays" effect which was often used in the more exuberant Art Deco designs of the pre-war Jazz age. The varied texture across its surface combined with the mix of yarn colours in its make-up gives Blazing Sun a unique visual appearance that sits very easily on the eye when seen in person.
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.
