Ink-blue botanical blooms and pods on a grey-beige slub-textured woven fabric

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Art of the Loom

Ribblesdale Ink

Name: Ribblesdale Ink
Brand: Art of the Loom
SKU: ribblesdale6

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Ribblesdale Ink brings an intricate botanical composition into focus, with cool ink-blue blooms and pods set against a softly mottled grey-beige ground. The visible woven texture gives the colourway a tactile, quietly aged character.

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About this fabric

Large stylised flowers, hanging pods, branching stems and layered leaves fill the design, with ink blue providing the strongest note against the pale neutral background. Olive, grey-green and taupe details soften the blue and give the pattern a natural, timeworn depth. Fine horizontal and vertical slubs are visible across the ground, adding texture beneath the detailed botanical drawing. The supplied record lists no performance features for this fabric.

How to use it

Use the cool, muted ink-blue tones to bring depth to a light room, balancing the fabric with chalky walls, olive greens and dark, weathered timber. Its substantial-looking woven surface can work across upholstery and drapery where the large botanical scale can be appreciated.

Pair the cool ink-blue blooms with weathered woods, olive accents and warm neutral upholstery or curtains.

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