Silhouette® & Nantucket

Sheer Window Shades

Beautifully diffuse natural light with these soft, adjustable S-shaped vanes that float between two sheer fabrics. Tilt the vanes in varying angles, to enjoy having light and privacy at the same time. They provide UV protection and reflect solar heat. The vanes move in tandem and can be raised completely into the headrail for a totally unobstructed view.

Orientation: Horizontal
Vane Size: 2″, 3″ or 4″
Widths: 6″ – 144″
Heights: 12″ – 136″
150+ Fabric Options
UV Protection
Semi-opaque to Room-Darkening
Top Treatments
Manual & Motorized Options

Fabric: Alustra French Linen, Color: Soft White
Fabric: Mystere, Color: Smoke and Mirrors
Fabric: India Silk, Color: Capri
Fabric: ClearView Tapestry, Color: Sonata
Fabric: ClearView Originale, Color: Pesto
Fabric: Alustra Brio, Color: Cathedral
Fabric: Bon Jour, Color: Éclair
Fabric: Terra, Color: Castille
Fabric: Nouveau, Color: Almond Crepe

Features

Fabrics & Colors

A collection of 20 unique vane fabrics sourced from across the globe offered. With 100+ color options for every budget. View Fabrics >>

Headrail

Soft fabric vanes collapse to roll completely into the fabric-covered headrail. Unique vane fabrics woven to be pliable and durable.

Opacity

Fabrics are available in translucent, light-filtering and room darkening.

UV Protection

Depending on your fabric choices, the shades can filter up to 88% of the sun’s harmful rays.

Privacy & Light Control

Opening the vanes allows the sheers to let light enter the room and reduce glare. The white rear sheer obscures the view into your home, giving you daytime privacy. Closing the vanes filters light with no view-through.

Blackout Shades Options

Duolite® combines one sheer shade in the front and one room darkening roller shade in the back, into a single shade.
A Deux™ combines one sheer shade in the front and one room darkening roller shade in the back that works independently of the shade.

Duolite
A Deux
Open Vanes
Closed Vanes

Unobstructed View

Silhouette ClearView® Shades are made with a unique combination of front and back sheers. Features an exclusive black rear sheer that maximizes your view to the outdoors.

Enjoy a virtually unobstructed view to the outside. The soft horizontal fabric vanes allows you to turn harsh sunlight into a comforting, warm glow.

Control Options

easy and accurate shade control

Solar screen roller shade can be hard-wired or wireless battery system that allows you to automatically operate your solar shades using:

Motorized Solar Shades — Wand with Softouch® Motorization, Pebble® Remote, Wall-mounted Pebble Surface Remote, Phone, Tablet, Watch, Voice Command (Alexa “Close my shades”)

Manual Solar Shades — Beaded Loop, Push/Pull LiteRise® system, Retractable Cord UltraGlide® cord, Spring-Assisted Push-Pull

Learn about PowerView

Smart Controls – PowerView® Automation via an app, remote or smart-home system
Motorized – Remote
Motorized Wand – Adjust shades with a single pull or push using SoftTouch® Motorization
Beaded Loop – Pull on the beaded loop for easy control
Push/Pull – Push up or pull down with the LiteRise® system
Retractable Wand – Gently pull on the UltraGlide® wand
Spring-Assisted Push-Pull – Simply push up or pull down, with this cordless lifting system

FAQs

Hunter Douglas Silhouette shades can fit regular and specialty shaped windows: Arches, Angles, Trapezoids, Circles, Ovals, Bay and Corner Windows, Patio and Sliding-Glass Doors, French Doors, Sidelights.

PowerView® Motorization – With our innovative PowerView® system, you can move your shades according to schedules you set—day or night, whether you’re home or away. Operate PowerView shades with your tablet, smartphone or our sleek Pebble® Remote, available in a wide range of colors. PoerView is also compatible with smart-home systems for premium convenience – Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri and Nest.

LiteRise® – Your days of fussing with cords are long gone. Enjoy the simplicity and ease of the LiteRise® system, which lets you operate your window treatment by simply pushing up or pulling down with your hand.

UltraGlide® – Features a single retractable cord or wand depending on your window treatment choice. The cord and wand always remains a constant length when raising and lowering your window treatments. With no long, dangling cords, UltraGlide® offers enhanced child and pet safety.

SoftTouch™- This battery-powered system allows for quick touch-and-go functionality. Move your shades by gently pulling down or pushing up on the wand. Tangled cords are a thing of the past, making the SoftTouch™ Motorization system an ideal option for homes with pets and children.

EasyRise™ – Perfect for opening and closing larger shades without the hassle of dangling cords. The EasyRise™ system is a continuous cord loop, specially engineered for smooth, easy operation.

Duolite® – The ideal option for controlling light and privacy. Give yourself ultimate flexibility with the Duolite® design option—a system that combines two separate fabrics, one light filtering, the other room darkening, into a single shade. Available in both manual and motorized operation.

A Deux™ – Silhouette® A Deux™ combines a Silhouette shade and a room-darkening roller shade providing many options for light control. Available in both manual and motorized operation.

Limitations and restrictions may apply. Ask our Hunter Douglas specialists for more details about operating systems available for Silhouette shades.

Operating your Hunter Douglas Silhouette Blinds is easy using one of the following operating systems:

EasyRise™ system, a continuous cord loop.
UltraGlide® system is a single retractable cord or wand, lower and open the shade with one pull.
LiteRise® system is cordless, raise/lower/tilt the vanes simply by hand.
SoftTouch™ battery-powered motorization system, open your shades by pushing up on the wand, close your shades by gently pulling down.
PowerView® battery-powered motorization system, move your shades with your tablet, smartphone or Pebble® Remote, voice command.

Watch our Operating Systems video above.

Silhouette shades are perfect for large windows, glass doors, diffusing glare, windows in hard-to-reach places, any room you want to enjoy a beautiful outdoor view and still get privacy.

Yes, continuous exposure through open windows and doors can accelerate fabric deterioration over time.

For routine cleaning, dust with a feather duster or vacuum lightly using a hand-held vacuum. For more thorough cleaning, professionally clean ultrasonically or by using the injection/extraction cleaning method.

Silhouette Duolite® shades combine one sheer shade in the front and one room darkening roller shade in the back, into a single shade. Can be operated manually and motorized. Duolite uses only one PowerView motor. The front sheer shade lowers and opens, then the back room darkening roller shade layer lowers.

Silhouette A Deux™ shades combine one sheer shade in the front and one room darkening roller shade in the back that works independently of the shade. Can be operated manually and motorized. Because of this independent roller shade operation, it requires a larger headrail and two completely different operating systems.

Hunter Douglas Nantucket shades offer the same quality and functionality of Hunter Douglas Silhouette shades but narrow down the selection of fabrics, thus reducing the costs of each shade. Great option if you’re on a budget. Check out our brochure.

The battery life for SoftTouch shades with the AA battery wand is approximately two years, depending on shading size, configuration and usage.

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