Deep blackcurrant-purple fabric with softly mottled, shadowed surface texture

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Art of the Loom

Alpha Blackcurrant

Alpha FabricALPHACOL14FR/SR

Alpha Blackcurrant is a deep, wine-toned purple with subtle tonal variation across its softly textured surface. The low-contrast shading gives the plain colourway a sense of depth rather than a flat, uniform finish.

deep blackcurrant purple plain none luxe upholstery

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About this fabric

This colourway reads as a saturated blackcurrant purple, balancing berry richness with cooler shadowed areas visible across the swatch. Its gently mottled surface catches the light unevenly, creating a soft, plush-looking effect without a visible motif or repeating pattern. Alpha Blackcurrant is catalogued as a fabric and no composition, width, rub test or performance features have been supplied for this exact colourway.

How to use it

Use this deep blackcurrant tone on an upholstered chair, sofa or headboard where its dark berry depth can anchor a room. Pair it with warm timber, aged brass or softly contrasting neutrals to let the subtle surface variation show.

A rich blackcurrant tone with softly mottled shading, suited to upholstery that calls for depth and a luxurious mood.

Art of the Loom Alpha Fabric

Specification

Composition: 100% Polyester
Vertical repeat: N/Acm
Horizontal repeat: N/Acm
Rub test (Martindale): 50,000 rubs
Fire document: Alpha.pdf
Suitable end use: General Domestic Upholstery
Width (cm): 140cm

Specification as published by Art of the Loom. We will confirm the current details with them before you order.

Made up by us

Every metre we order is cut, sewn and fitted in our own Heybridge workshop, with Simon over every stage. Reupholstery, bespoke pieces, curtains, blinds and headboards.

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Alpha Blackcurrant is a quiet cloth, so it carries a pattern beside it: one of these on the curtains and this on the chair. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.

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