Warm clay brown plain fabric with fine horizontal slub texture

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Ashley Wilde

Austen Clay

Name: Austen Clay
Brand: Ashley Wilde
SKU: AUSTEN

Austen Clay is a plain fabric with a softly textured, horizontal slub effect and a warm clay-brown surface. Its matte, earthy finish gives the colourway a grounded, quietly natural look.

warm clay brown plain none relaxed drapery

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See this fabric on Ashley Wilde's own site, then order it through us.

About this fabric

Part of Ashley Wilde’s Darwin Collection, Austen Clay is composed of 90% recycled polyester and 10% polyester, with a 140cm width and a weight of 200gsm. The swatch shows a calm clay brown with a gently striated weave that catches the light in fine, subtle lines rather than a flat solid finish. At 280 grams per linear metre, it has enough substance for elegant drapes while remaining a clearly textile, not a heavy upholstery cloth. The overall effect is warm, muted and easy to live with, with just enough texture to keep the plain surface interesting.

How to use it

Use this clay brown beside oak, rattan and chalky paint colours for a soft, natural scheme. It works especially well where you want a warm window dressing that feels understated rather than overly dark.

A warm clay tone that softens windows and layers easily with natural woods and textured neutrals.

Ashley Wilde Darwin Collection Fabric

Specification

Composition: 90% Recycled Polyester, 10% Polyester
Country of origin: India
Style: Plains
Suitable for: Drapes Only
Weight: 200 gsm
Weight (per linear metre): 280 g/m
Width: 140 cm

Specification as published by Ashley Wilde. 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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Austen Clay 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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