Lutron Basketweave Fabric
12 colourways, openness 1%, solar screen, up to 96 inches wide. Every swatch and every specification, from a certified Lutron dealer in Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach.
A dense 1% weave in twelve solid colours
Basketweave is the tightest of Lutron's basketweave screens: a 1% openness polyester and vinyl fabric in twelve solid colours (Chalk, Alabaster, Pearl, Sand, Mocha, Taupe, Ebony, Grey, Fleece, Clay, Mink and Flint), 96 inches wide, seamable and railroadable. Visible light transmission runs from near zero in the dark colours to 6% in the lightest, which makes it the most glare-proof screen on this page that still keeps a trace of the view.
Because the colours are solid rather than two-tone, it reads as a plain, even surface from inside and out, and the 18.5 oz weight gives it a substantial, flat hang on large rollers. Lutron lists it under the Classico and Commercial collections with NFPA 701 and CA Title 19 fire ratings.
What Basketweave does on your glass, and what it does not
Best use
Standard windows rather than slider walls, because at 96 inches a wall of glass becomes several shades. Chalk is the one for a hot unshaded elevation, reflecting 77% of the solar energy that lands on it. Ebony, Mink or Flint suit a west-facing study where the room should go quiet and the outside stay a faint shape. It is a roller fabric only, so skylights are out.
Privacy
This is about as much daytime cover as a solar screen gives. Clay, Mink, Flint and Ebony publish 0% visible transmission, so in daylight there is effectively nothing to read from the street and very little view out for you. Chalk at 6% keeps a trace of the outside both ways. Night is the same story as every screen: with the lamps on the room shows, and a bedroom needs a blackout layer behind.
Glare control
Glare is what you are buying. Visible transmission runs from 0% to 6% across the twelve colours, so a monitor, a television or a laptop on a kitchen island stays readable with sun on the glass, and the room goes soft rather than dim. The dark solids scatter the least light back inside. Even here, a low sun sitting square in the window still shows as a disc.
Limitations
In the dark solids you give up the view almost entirely, so do not put Ebony or Mink on the one window worth looking out of. It is a heavy cloth at 18.5 oz and rolls up thicker than a fiberglass screen, which matters in a shallow shade pocket. There is no tensioned version for sloped glass, and no openness factor here darkens a room.
Basketweave
12 colours. Openness 1%; up to 96 in wide; fire listed.
Colourways
Every Basketweave colourway, with Lutron's published figures
| Swatch | Colour | Code | Openness | Tv | Ts | Rs | As | Back | Width | Sample no. | Docs | Visualize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk | PP06-48-1 | 1% | 6% | 8% | 77% | 15% | Same as Face | 96 in | WSF-B-1-CK | HPD | See it | |
| Pearl | PP75-48-1 | 1% | 3% | 4% | 67% | 29% | Same as Face | 96 in | WSF-B-1-P | HPD | See it | |
| Alabaster | PP07-48-1 | 1% | 4% | 10% | 62% | 28% | Same as Face | 96 in | WSF-B-1-ALA | HPD | See it | |
| Grey | PV16-48-1 | 1% | 2% | 4% | 51% | 45% | Same as Face | 96 in | WSF-B-1-G | HPD | See it | |
| Sand | PQ97-48-1 | 1% | 1% | 1% | 51% | 48% | Same as Face | 96 in | WSF-B-1-SA | HPD | See it | |
| Taupe | PQ99-48-1 | 1% | 0% | 1% | 41% | 58% | Same as Face | 96 in | WSF-B-1-TA | HPD | See it | |
| Clay | PV60-48-1 | 1% | 0% | 0% | 32% | 68% | Same as Face | 96 in | WSF-B-1-CL | HPD | See it | |
| Fleece | PV59-48-1 | 1% | 1% | 0% | 24% | 76% | Same as Face | 96 in | WSF-B-1-FLE | HPD | See it | |
| Mocha | PQ98-48-1 | 1% | 1% | 0% | 12% | 88% | Same as Face | 96 in | WSF-B-1-MO | HPD | See it | |
| Mink | PV61-48-1 | 1% | 0% | 0% | 7% | 93% | Same as Face | 96 in | WSF-B-1-MK | HPD | See it | |
| Flint | PV62-48-1 | 1% | 0% | 0% | 8% | 92% | Same as Face | 96 in | WSF-B-1-FL | HPD | See it | |
| Ebony | PV10-48-1 | 1% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 97% | Same as Face | 96 in | WSF-B-1-EB | HPD | See it |
Tv = visible light transmitted, Ts = solar energy transmitted, Rs = solar energy reflected, As = solar energy absorbed, as published by Lutron. Sample numbers are Lutron memo-sample codes; we bring the samples to the consultation.
Where Basketweave works here
At the Ritz-Carlton Residences in Miami Beach the solar shades are Basketweave in Pearl, chosen because the rooms face the water on more than one side and a 1% weave was the only way to hold the glare without losing the sense of the bay. That is the profile: multi-exposure rooms, home offices with screens facing the glass, and rooms where a screen has to do most of the work on its own.
Basketweave: frequently asked
Is 1% openness too dark?
Not in South Florida. A 1% screen in a light colour still lets you read the horizon and keeps the room bright enough by day; it simply stops the glare. In a dark colour it becomes close to a light-filtering shade with a faint view. We show both in your room before you decide.
How wide can a Lutron Basketweave shade be?
Lutron publishes a maximum usable fabric width of 96 inches for Basketweave. It is railroadable, so a wider opening can be covered in one piece by turning the fabric. We confirm the exact limit for the chosen system when we measure.
Which Lutron shades use Basketweave?
Basketweave is made up on Lutron roller shades. As a certified Lutron dealer in Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach we order it for any Lutron system it is offered on and install it with our own team.
Can I see Basketweave samples before ordering?
Yes. Lutron makes memo samples of every Basketweave colourway on this page; tell us which colours you are considering and we order them from Lutron for your consultation. Both our Fort Lauderdale workroom (by appointment) and our Miami Beach showroom have Lutron shades running so you can see the fabrics in motion.
Compare Basketweave with
Basketweave 27
The two-tone basketweave with a white or black back
Basketweave 90
Bright White and eight more, at 1% to 10%, up to 124 inches wide
Basketweave 4000 Eco
Nine colours, three openness factors, from the Sustainable Solar Screens range
Basketweave Eco2
A PVC-free screen made from 100% recycled content
Sheerweave 4900
Thirteen two-tone colours, 1% and 3%, with the best acoustic rating on the card
Sheerweave 8000
A PVC-free, Cradle to Cradle polyester screen with the most open view
Lutron Basketweave shades in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton & Palm Beach
We order Basketweave from Lutron for any project from Miami to Palm Beach, make the shades up in our Fort Lauderdale workroom on the Lutron system the window calls for, and install and program them with our own team. Both showrooms, 4539 Powerline Rd in Fort Lauderdale (by appointment) and 500 South Pointe Dr #150 in Miami Beach, have Lutron shades running so you can see the fabric in motion.
See Basketweave in your own light
Book a complimentary in-home consultation. Shortlist the colours you like and we order the Lutron samples, bring demo motors, and give honest answers about openness, colour and what your windows actually need.