iliv
1,373 fabrics from iliv, photographed into our library across 10 collections. Narrow them in the finder, then feel the shortlist at the Heybridge showroom.
- Founded
- 1987
- Where
- Preston, Lancashire, England
- Known for
- Lancashire prints, weaves and contract performance cloth
About iliv
iliv is an independently owned British design house, founded in 1987 as part of the SMD Group and based in Lancashire, the historic home of British textiles. The trading company is S M D Textiles Limited, incorporated in March 1987 and registered at Fulwood in Preston.
Its in-house studio draws original prints, weaves and textures, working from contemporary trends, artist collaborations and the company's own archives. The range is built to serve both sides of the trade at once: retailers and designers doing domestic work, and specifiers working on hospitality, healthcare, workplace and leisure interiors. The company is a Planet Mark certified business, which commits it to measuring and reducing its environmental impact.
That double life shows in what iliv publishes. Every fabric in our library states its composition, usable width, upholstery grade and whether it can be treated for fire retardancy, and most of them add a Martindale figure, a colour fastness grade and an acoustic value as well. Very few houses at this price publish that much.
Sources, checked in July 2026: iliv.co.uk/about-us, Companies House
The collections we hold.
Every one of these is photographed, tagged and searchable. Open a collection in the finder, or ask us to bring the book.
SS22 Images - Enchanted Garden, Geometrica, Water Meadow & Portland
551 fabrics
SS25 Images - Verini & Rewilding
208 fabrics
SS24 Images - Jardine, Luxoria & Orissa
204 fabrics
SS26 Images - Botanical Archive, Terrana & Hartland
118 fabrics
Infinity Velvets
100 fabrics
SS23 Images - Babooshka
88 fabrics
Haworth
74 fabrics
Nalina
15 fabrics
Tiverton
8 fabrics
Fabric collections and photography by iliv.
The palette, as it actually falls.
Counted across the whole range we hold, not chosen. Each swatch opens the fabric it was taken from.
What it is, and what it will take.
- Mostly cotton
- 46% of the compositions we hold lead on cotton, then polyester, viscose
- 142 cm wide
- the usual bolt width here, on 16% of the range
- 20,000 to 100,000 rubs
- Martindale figures published on 1,228 fabrics, 333 of them rated 40,000 and over
- Pattern
- stripe (330), botanical (292), geometric (249)
- Made for
- curtains and upholstery (1,141), curtains (169), upholstery (63)
- Types
- Fabric (1,273), Velvet (100)
What this house publishes with every fabric, as a share of the ones we hold:
- What it is made of 100%
- Width 99%
- Pattern repeat 80%
- Rub test 89%
- Fire performance 99%
- Care 40%
Where we use it.
Reupholstery
Upholstery grades published on every piece, from general domestic up to contract, so nothing goes on a frame it cannot take.
More on thisCurtains and blinds
Wide drapery cloths, many of them treatable for fire retardancy where a room needs it.
More on thisCommercial and contract
A range built for hospitality, healthcare and workplace specification, with the paperwork to match.
More on thisHouses that sit well beside it.
- Ashley Wilde1,464 fabrics in the library
- Fryetts2,124 fabrics in the library
- Warwick4,054 fabrics in the library
Bring the room, we will bring the books.
Send a photograph and a rough size and we will reply with a personal quote, using an average price fabric.