What is the Difference Between Percale and Sateen?

While both are luxurious and beautiful, percale and sateen fabrics can be distinguished based on the way the fabric is made. Here, our experts at Sferra Brothers explain this subtle difference:

A percale is a plain weave using a use a one-over, one-under structure. The percale’s weave produces a firm and smooth fabric with no gloss.

The sateen’s structure places more threads on the surface, producing the sheen and softer feel. A sateen uses of a different structure in the weaving process, usually a four-over, one-under.

Love the crisp feel of percale, or the soft sheen of sateen? Take a look at some of our favorites in these two sophisticated fabrics:

And if you’re looking for the highest thread count linens in each fabric, Sferra offers a 1,020 thread count sateen bedding collection called Milos, and an 800 thread count percale bedding line called Sereno.

To view our entire bedding collection, click here.

We’d love to hear what you prefer: percale or sateen?

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