Gardisette 1970s Danish curtain fabric on the bolt

An original bolt of brand new vintage Danish Gardisette viscose curtain material measuring 180cm in width and approx 4 metres in length (the fabric is folded in half before being rolled on the bolt, so it's twice the width it looks here). But in this case the width is actually the drop! A neat and narrow weighted seam running along one edge of the entire length of the fabric acts as a ready-made hem, enabling the fabric to be cut to any length (here becoming the curtain's width) and made into a curtain with a 180 drop (minus top hem) and any width you like up to the full 4 metres, without seams.

A Gardisette advert from April 1977 explained: "Gardisette have used the infinite width of the fabric to create a completely new and beautiful design line in curtains – without seams – in sizes that only Gardisette can offer you - and impossible to achieve with curtains in the traditional, narrow widths."

However, the fabric can also be used in the other, more usual, orientation – we have seen many examples of this, where the narrow hem seam acts as a finished edge along one side of the drop instead.

The fabric is offered as a single length and the price is for the whole bolt.