Deep olive-green velvet with subtle vertical nap variation and mottled light

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Andrew Martin

Cinema Velvet, Gherkin

Name: Cinema Velvet, Gherkin
Brand: Andrew Martin

Misc Velvet

Cinema Velvet in Gherkin is a deep, muted olive green with a shadowed, atmospheric quality. In close view, its plain velvet surface shows subtle vertical shifts where the pile catches the light.

deep olive green plain none luxe upholstery

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About this fabric

The Gherkin colourway reads as a dark mossy olive, with cooler green shadows and slightly lighter highlights across the nap. There is no visible motif or printed pattern; instead, the character comes from the fine, softly mottled pile and its directional variation. The close-up reveals a gently irregular surface that gives the solid colour depth without making it look busy. The supplied specification lists this fabric as Velvet, with no performance features noted.

How to use it

Use this deep olive velvet on a statement armchair, sofa or headboard, where its dark green tone can sit alongside warm timber, aged brass and earthy neutrals. Its quietly shifting surface also works well as a rich contrast to crisp cream or pale stone upholstery.

The deep, muted olive tone and softly shifting velvet pile bring a rich, atmospheric finish to sofas, headboards and accent chairs.

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Pairs well with

Cinema Velvet, Gherkin 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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Paint that goes with it

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