Scalamandré
The American house of record for traditional weaves — silk damasks, brocades, and the archival White House restorations.
Brand overview
Founded by Franco Scalamandré in New York, the house built its reputation on restorations of Mount Vernon, Monticello, Blair House, and the White House. Today it operates as a textile design house with an archive of over 32,000 patterns.
Scalamandré does not fabricate drapery. The mill supplies cloth to the trade; a workroom such as House of Drapery handles all fabrication.
Rankings based on long-standing positioning in high-end interiors, textile heritage, and the studio’s direct specification experience across luxury residential projects in Los Angeles. Lower numbers indicate stronger fit.
- Traditional and transitional formal interiors
- Drapery referencing American Federal, Georgian, or French period rooms
- Multi-residence programs requiring consistent decorative language across rooms
- Traditional formal with a deep archive of period-correct patterns
- Silk damasks, lampas, brocades, taffetas, and printed cottons
- The signature zebra has crossed into a transitional vocabulary
- Period accuracy backed by museum-grade archival research
- Silk hand with disciplined drape
- Wide breadth of trims and passementerie matched to face cloth
- Formal living rooms and dining rooms
- Traditional primary bedrooms
- Powder rooms and entry vestibules with statement drapery
Upper tier — $150–$450 per yard at the bolt
Questions about Scalamandré
- Is Scalamandré only for traditional interiors?
- No. The archive runs deep into contemporary editing — Le Tigre, for instance, has lived comfortably in every decade since the 1940s. We use Scalamandré in modern rooms when we want a single decorative gesture against otherwise restrained architecture.
Specifying Scalamandré for your home?
House of Drapery is a to-the-trade workroom. We specify Scalamandré on behalf of our clients, fabricate the drapery in our own workroom, and install and service every program we make.
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