SILK WEIGHT · 12 FAMILIES · 30 QUALITIES
About ~95 g/m² by the standard conversion. Here is what we actually weave at this weight, and what it is for.
22 momme (~95 gsm) is the most widely represented weight we hold — twelve families, thirty individual qualities. It is the point where silk becomes a tailoring cloth rather than a draping one.
Practically this means a garment can be built rather than just hung: duchess satin and mikado are here, alongside charmeuse and CDC heavy enough to take structure. If your pattern calls for boning, a fitted bodice or a hem that has to stand up, this is the bottom of the range where that works.
| Family | Qualities | GSM | In the range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silk Charmeuse & Satin | 7 | ~95 | 12mm Silk Charmeuse; 19mm Silk Charmeuse; Plain Silk Satin + 4 more |
| Brocade & Jacquard | 5 | ~95 | Silk Brocade & Jacquard; Silk Moire; Silk Matelassé & Cloqué + 2 more |
| Silk Crepe de Chine | 3 | ~95 | 22mm Heavy Crepe de Chine; Sponge Crepe; Zibelline |
| Digital Printed Silk | 3 | ~95 | 19mm Printed Silk Charmeuse; 22mm Printed Silk Georgette; 19mm Solid-dyed Silk Charmeuse |
| Silk Georgette | 2 | ~95 | 22mm Silk Georgette; Satin Georgette |
| Silk Dupioni | 2 | ~95 | 19mm Silk Dupioni; 25mm Heavy Dupioni |
| Mikado & Gazar | 2 | ~95 | 22mm Silk Mikado; 30mm Silk Gazar |
| Sandwashed Silk | 2 | ~95 | 16mm Sandwashed Crepe de Chine; 19mm Sandwashed Charmeuse |
| Silk Twill & Foulard | 1 | ~95 | Gros de Londres |
| Silk Taffeta | 1 | ~95 | 25mm Heavy Silk Taffeta |
| Silk Shantung | 1 | ~95 | 18mm Silk Shantung |
| Duchess Satin | 1 | ~95 | 22mm Duchess Satin |
The heavy bridal silks — mikado, duchess satin — start to make sense here.
Holds a lapel roll with pressing rather than collapsing back flat.
Twenty-two hangs properly at a window and does not flutter.
Substantial enough to wear as an outer layer.
Every weight we weave, with the number of families and individual qualities available at each. GSM is the standard conversion.
| Weight | Families | Qualities | Approx GSM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 momme | 1 | 1 | ~13 |
| 4 momme | 2 | 3 | ~17 |
| 5 momme | 3 | 4 | ~22 |
| 6 momme | 6 | 9 | ~26 |
| 8 momme | 9 | 15 | ~35 |
| 10 momme | 5 | 8 | ~43 |
| 12 momme | 11 | 19 | ~52 |
| 14 momme | 6 | 9 | ~61 |
| 16 momme | 10 | 33 | ~69 |
| 18 momme | 3 | 3 | ~78 |
| 19 momme | 9 | 26 | ~82 |
| 20 momme | 5 | 6 | ~87 |
| 22 momme | 12 | 30 | ~95 |
| 25 momme | 13 | 17 | ~108 |
| 30 momme | 10 | 15 | ~130 |
| 35 momme | 2 | 5 | ~152 |
| 40 momme | 6 | 8 | ~174 |
| 70 momme | 1 | 1 | ~304 |
One momme is roughly 4.34 g/m², so 22 momme works out to about ~95 per square metre. The conversion is the standard one published across the trade; actual GSM varies slightly by weave and finish.
12 families on our card are woven at this weight, 30 qualities in total — use the table above for the exact list. Availability of specific colours depends on what is on the shelf versus in a dye lot.
Momme is weight, not quality. A 22 mm is not better than a lighter one — it is a different tool. Quality is decided by the grade of the yarn and the evenness of the weave, both of which we hold constant across the range.
Yes, in stock colours — cut from one metre, same as the rest of the range. Custom dyeing of this weight starts from 40 metres per colour with a lab dip approved first.
AT THIS WEIGHT
Photographed from our own stock. Click through for the full family range.
Tell us the family, colour and length and we will quote it with a confirmed dispatch date.