I Tried All the Curtains at Quince
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I’ve tested many products made byQuince. In some cases, I’ve been surprised by how high quality they were for the price — likea $1,450 sofathat blew more expensive options out of the water — and I’ve also encountered some duds. Last year, Itested two Quince curtain panelsthat were right in the middle: solid, not amazing. When I learned that the brand had expanded its curtain range, I had to try the rest.
Quince currently lists nearly 100 curtains on its website, many of which are variations of the same material with different colors or linings. I couldn’t test them all, but I did test every curtainmaterial— linen, cotton, silk, and two kinds of velvet. I tried all of these with a cotton light-filtering lining, but the brand also offers a room-darkening and true blackout option.
The one I loved
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This is a great curtain, especially compared to theAnthropologie velvet panelsit is probably duping, which are three times the price and made of cotton-polyester velvet. (Velvet is a weave, not a material on its own, and can be made of any fiber: cotton, silk, viscose, or mohair.) These are 100 percent cotton with a smooth, weighty handfeel. I love the way light brings out the reddish shades in a camel-colored panel. It comes in seven other colors, mostly staid neutrals — if you want brights,Anthropologiemay be your best bet.
The ones I liked
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I think West Elm’s linen curtains arein another league quality-wisethan Quince’s and are just $17 more expensive per panel, so I’d recommend them first. I found these to have a rougher surface than other brands, but Strategist newsletter editor Ashley Wolfgang has two sets and is a fan. “Really, our biggest problem finding curtains was size; we have these annoying giant, inefficient floor-to-ceiling windows, and Quince’s size options (mostly) cover what we need.” Compared to West Elm’s ecru-only color selection, Quince’s curtains come in more shades, like sky blue and pale pink.
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This is a really great price for a silk curtain, which usually runs into the hundreds. It’s made from less processed fiber, which creates irregular patches of sheerness and opacity when drawn over a bright window. To some, that’s charming and rustic; to others, it looks like the surface of matzo. If you like silk but don’t love a curtain with irregular sheerness, I’d recommend buying the version with a room-darkening lining, which will make the contrast less stark.
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Like the Quince linen curtain, this is a solid product that doesn’t beat out my favorite woven-cotton panel,Ikea’s Lenda curtain, which is half the price. I like the material, but a crosshatched slub pattern is so thick that the curtains stand out against a bright window. I tested them in “natural” and didn’t love the color, a pinky and flat approximation of undyed cotton. It’s still a solid curtain — like the silk panel above, I’d recommend buying it with a room-darkening lining — but doesn’t beat out other cotton curtains on my list.
The ones I’d skip
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Quince’s luster curtain is made of 45 percent cotton and 55 percent viscose, a material often used to mimic the sheen of silk. The panels are sheeny and smooth from far away, but up close the material doesn’t look amazing — it’s Halloween costume shiny and not very dense or plush.
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I like the cotton that makes up most of this curtain, but my biggest complaint: There isn’t a piped edge as advertised! Piping is a band of fabric sewn into a seam, which adds structure (and it’s cute). Instead of being piped around the edges, these curtains were outlined with a row of dense stitching, likely sewn on aserger. It doesn’t look great up close and has the opposite effect of making the edges wavier, not straighter.
Some more curtains and shades I like
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