Materials

With 20 upholstery options to choose from, there are more textures and shades to love than ever before. Find the one that's right for you by exploring all our options below.

Upholstery Offerings from Herman Miller

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Beck Fabric

Wool and nylon each rank among the most durable fibers, so it’s not surprising that their combined weave is ideally suited to high-traffic furnishings. Due to its wool content, Beck is wrinkle-resistant, and the addition of nylon delivers high-performing elasticity – it stretches while retaining its shape. Beck features natural color variation and a slightly felted texture for a luxe look and feel.

Characteristics
Content: 78% Wool, 22% Nylon
Weight: 23.22 ounces/linear yard
Durability: Martindale – 100,000 rubs
Lightfastness: Grade 4
Origin: Turkey

Furniture Offerings
Eames Soft Pad Executive Chair
Eames Soft Pad Management Chair

Crepe Fabric

One of our timeless favorites, Crepe gets top marks in durability, sustainability, and natural beauty. Made with 100% recycled materials—including plastic waste we’ve diverted from the ocean—Crepe is woven with a natural technique, lending it a pleasing organic texture.

Characteristics
Content: 100% Recycled Polyester, 43.6% Ocean-Bound Plastic
Weight: 18.2 ounces/linear yard
Durability: Wyzenbeek – 200,000 double rubs
Lightfastness: Grade 4
Origin: USA

Furniture Offerings
Eames Compact Sofa

Cozy Fabric

Evocative of its name, Cozy features a woolly finish and soft hand. It’s woven of pure wool – a natural, renewable fiber that’s easy on the environment. Cozy is temperature-regulating and comfortable in every season and its heathered appearance gives it casual sophistication.

Characteristics
Content: 100% Wool
Weight: 30.5 ounces/linear yard
Durability: Martindale – 100,000 rubs
Lightfastness: Grade 4
Origin: Lithuania

Furniture Offerings
Eames Compact Sofa

Flamiber Fabric

An extraordinarily durable blend of nearly equal parts wool, cotton, and acrylic, Flamiber presents a modestly textured surface that is both pleasing in appearance and satisfying to the touch.

Characteristics
Content: 33% Acrylic, 30% Wool, 29% Cotton, 7% Polyester, 1% Viscose
Durability: Martindale – 120,000 rubs
Origin: Belgium

Furniture Offerings
Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman

Girard Checker Fabric

Go bold with Checker, a timeless patterned fabric designed by textile master Alexander Girard. Available in a range of colorways, it’s the perfect pop to add visual interest to furniture or pillows.

Characteristics
Content: 77% Cotton, 23% Polyester
Durability: Wyzenbeek – 30,000 double rubs
Lightfastness: Grade 4
Origin: Germany

Furniture Offerings
Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman

Hopsak Fabric

It’s the classic Hopsak you know, just more sustainably made. Originally introduced in 1970, this fabric is beloved for its beauty and durability. Enjoy the faithfully reproduced original weave and vibrant colors, now composed of 100% recycled polyester.

Characteristics
Content: 100% Recycled Polyester
Weight: 19.7 ounces/linear yard
Durability: Wyzenbeek – 200,000 double rubs
Lightfastness: Grade 4
Origin: Canada

Furniture Offerings
Eames Aluminum Lounge Chair
Eames Aluminum Side Chair

Mesh Fabric

This Mesh Fabric feels like it’s made just for you. The breathable, translucent open weave is flexible enough to mold to your body, providing a custom-contoured fit, yet it’s strong enough to provide firm support, preventing buildup of uncomfortable pressure points by evenly distributing your weight across the seat and back.

Characteristics
Content: 69% Elastomer, 31% Polyester
Durability: Wyzenbeek – 200,000 double rubs
Origin: USA

Furniture Offerings
Eames Aluminum Management Chair
Eames Aluminum Side Chair

Messenger Fabric

The versatile Messenger is the go-to choice for many of our products and spaces because of its durability, understated elegance, and rich hues. Plus, this innovative fabric is made with recycled polyester for an added sustainability advantage.

Characteristics
Content: 78% Post-Industrial Recycled Polyester, 15% Polyester, 7% Nylon
Weight: 14.2 ounces/linear yard
Durability: Wyzenbeek – 100,000 double rubs
Lightfastness: Grade 4
Origin: USA

Furniture Offerings
Eames Aluminum Group
Eames Soft Pad Executive Chair
Eames Soft Pad Management Chair

Mode Fabric

Made of 80% post-consumer recycled polyester, Maharam Mode combines luxury with sustainability: It offers the look and feel of wool while saving energy and reducing waste. With a tactile, subtly contrasting weave, it appeals to both hand and eye.

Characteristics
Content: 80% Post-Consumer Recycled Polyester, 20% Polyester
Weight: 22.8 ounces/linear yard
Durability: Wyzenbeek – 100,000 double rubs
Lightfastness: Grade 4
Origin: USA

Furniture Offerings
Eames Aluminum Management Chair
Eames Aluminum Executive Chair
Eames Soft Pad Executive Chair
Eames Soft Pad Management Chair

Mohair Supreme Fabric

Everything about Mohair implies luxury, from the content—the dense, silky fleece of the Angora goat—to the classic nature of its velvet construction. Even though it’s produced with a completely different type of industrial artistry than leather, the soft hand and non-dimensional texture of Mohair means that it responds to the folds and wrinkles of the upholstery pattern of the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman in a way similar to select leather hides, adding to the character of the iconic design.

Characteristics
Content: 100% Mohair
Weight: 26 ounces/linear yard
Durability: Wyzenbeek – 70,000 double rubs
Lightfastness: Grade 4
Origin: Netherlands

Furniture Offerings
Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman

Pebble Weave Fabric

Featuring a large, open weave, this fabric is evocative of its namesake texture: a pebbled pathway. It combines a unique blend of fibers to deliver a soft hand and easy-to-clean finish despite its distinctly tactile surface. Designed with black upholstery backing for enhanced durability, it showcases a visually intriguing two-tone appearance.

Characteristics
Content: 42% Viscose, 38% Cotton, 14% Acrylic, 6% Polyester
Durability: Martindale – 30,000 rubs
Origin: Italy

Furniture Offerings
Eames Aluminum Management Chair
Eames Aluminum Executive Chair
Eames Soft Pad Executive Chair
Eames Soft Pad Management Chair

Pecora Fabric

Pecora is an extraordinarily soft fabric whose texture is hinted at by its subtly heathered appearance. Its character derives from an artful blend of Australian wool – considered among the finest in the world – and Peruvian alpaca, which lends a silky luster. Polyamide provides backbone while keeping to its supporting role. The result is a textile with demure sophistication and impressive durability.

Characteristics
Content: 75% Australian Wool, 19% Polyamide, 6% Peruvian Alpaca Wool
Durability: Martindale – 30,000 rubs
Origin: Italy

Furniture Offerings
Eames Aluminum Management Chair
Eames Aluminum Executive Chair
Eames Soft Pad Executive Chair
Eames Soft Pad Management Chair

2100 Series Leather

2100 Series is the standard Herman Miller proprietary leather. This semi-aniline dyed leather showcases the natural characteristics of this material, while its more robust application of clear protective coat is designed with excellent color-fastness (the resistance of color to change over time) and as a result is more durable and easily cleaned.

Characteristics
Content: 100% Leather
Grain: Natural Grain
Finish: Silicone Protective Topcoat
Dye Method: Transparent Dye and Pigment (Semi-Aniline)
Tanning Method: Vegetable FOC (Free of Chrome)
Thickness: 1.1–1.3 millimeters
Weight: 2.5 ounces/square foot
Durability: Wyzenbeek – 100,000 double rubs
Origin: Austria

Furniture Offerings
Eames Aluminum Group
Eames Soft Pad Group
Eames Executive Chair
Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman
Eames Sofa

Prone Leather

Prone celebrates the inherent beauty of leather returned to its natural state. This resilient leather is from superior raw material and is minimally finished with transparent dye and light pigment. It features a supple hand with a soft grain texture and a water-based silicone topcoat for added protection and softness. Due to its supple quality, cushions upholstered in Prone may possess more inherent wrinkles, giving them an additional, lived-in aesthetic which develops a rich patina over time.

Characteristics
Content: 100% Leather
Grain: Natural Grain
Finish: Silicone Protective Topcoat
Dye Method: Transparent Dye and Pigment (Semi-Aniline)
Thickness: 1.1-1.3 millimeters
Weight: 2.78 ounces/square foot
Lightfastness: Grade 4
Origin: Italy

Furniture Offerings
Eames Aluminum Group
Eames Soft Pad Group
Eames Executive Chair
Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman
Eames Sofa

Stow Leather

Stow is a premium full-grain leather from Maharam, produced in a boutique tannery in Northern Italy. To achieve its rich depth, Stow’s small pebbled grain is “tipped” – a process by which darker dyes are added to the surface. A protective silicone topcoat lends added resilience and helps guard against staining.

Characteristics
Content: 100% Leather
Grade: Natural Grain; Full Grain Semi-Aniline
Finish: Silicone Protective Topcoat
Thickness: 1.0-1.2 millimeters
Weight: 2.6 ounces/square foot
Lightfastness: Grade 4
Origin: Italy

Furniture Offerings
Eames Aluminum Group
Eames Soft Pad Group
Eames Executive Chair
Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman
Eames Sofa

Upholstery Offerings from Vitra

Cosy 2 Fabric

Cosy 2 is a high-quality milled woolen cloth with a warm character. The lively melange yarn emphasizes the fabric’s natural colors – from delicate shades to vibrant hues – and gains added elegance with color-coordinated stitching. The fabric offers thermal comfort and excellent durability, making it suited for upholstered furniture in office settings as well as residential applications.

Characteristics
Content: 80% Wool, 20% Polyamide
Weight: 17.4 ounces per square-yard
Durability: Martindale – 50,000 rubs
Lightfastness: Grade 6

Furniture Offerings
Eames Organic Chair

Credo Fabric

Credo is a durable woolen fabric made of premium worsted yarn with a pleasant feel. The two- and three-tone colors give this fabric a characteristic structure and vibrant appearance. Credo allows for an effective exchange of heat to ensure comfortable thermal conditions for the sitter. 

Characteristics
Content: 95% Wool, 5% Polyamide
Weight: 18.9 ounces per square-yard
Durability: Martindale – 100,000 rubs
Lightfastness: Grade 6

Furniture Offerings
Eames Organic Chair

Hopsak Fabric

Hopsak is a highly durable and robust, flat plain-weave fabric made of polyamide. The duotone colors offer a multitude of design possibilities in high-contrast, brightly hued or subtle combinations of warp and weft threads.

Characteristics
Content: 100% Polyamide
Weight: 16.2 ounces per square-yard
Durability: Martindale – 200,000 rubs
Lightfastness: Grade 6

Furniture Offerings
Eames Organic Chair

Tonus Fabric

Tonus is a classic woolen cloth in a plain weave with an appealingly soft and flexible feel. The deep intensity of Tonus colors – ranging from warm and earthy golds that evoke oriental myths and spices to cool nordic hues in the aquamarine spectrum – lend a unique richness to the fabric.

Characteristics
Content: 90% Wool, 10% Helanca
Weight: 14.5 ounces per square-yard
Durability: Martindale – 100,000 rubs
Lightfastness: Grade 5

Furniture Offerings
Eames Organic Chair