Sateen

Sateen is the winter half of a well-kept linen cupboard. Each thread floats over several others before passing under one, so more of the cotton lies on the surface: smoother to the hand than percale, a shade warmer, with a soft drape and a low sheen that suits lamplight.

The range runs from 300-thread-count organic cotton with a hemstitch edge, through String of Pearls, our embroidered collaboration with SAVED New York, to the 600- and 1,000-thread-count Classic Cords in extra-long-staple cotton, their cords sewn by hand.

The cloth is woven for us in Italy. Every piece is then cut, sewn and finished to order at Butterworth Mill in Lancashire, as it has been since 1861. Please allow up to three weeks.