Pale warm cream plain woven fabric with fine linen-like texture

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Ashley Wilde

Bronte Linen

Name: Bronte Linen
Brand: Ashley Wilde
SKU: BRONTE

Bronte Linen reads as a calm, softly muted neutral with a fine linen-like surface and a gentle, washed cream tone. The plain weave gives the colour a natural, understated depth rather than a flat finish.

soft linen cream plain none relaxed drapery

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About this fabric

This colourway shows a pale linen cream with a subtle warm cast, softened further by the visible woven texture across the surface. It is a plain from the Darwin Collection by Ashley Wilde, made in India from 68% recycled polyester and 32% polyester. At 140cm wide and 320gsm, it has enough body to hang neatly while still feeling refined and light in appearance. With no horizontal pattern repeat, the emphasis stays on the texture and the quiet tonal movement in the weave. It is specified for drapes only, making it a good choice where a restrained, natural-looking neutral is needed at the window.

How to use it

Use Bronte Linen where you want a warm off-white that won’t feel stark against painted walls or pale woods. Its softened cream tone works especially well in relaxed interiors with oak, rattan, limestone and muted sage accents.

A quietly warm neutral that layers easily with timber, stone and deeper earth tones.

Ashley Wilde Darwin Collection Fabric

Specification

Composition: 68% Recycled Polyester, 32% Polyester
Country of origin: India
Style: Plains
Suitable for: Drapes Only
Weight: 320 gsm
Weight (per linear metre): 448 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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Bronte Linen 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

Two ways to take the room. Both colours are from houses we hold, so a pot can come off the same order as the cloth. Screens shift colour, so treat these as a direction and bring the cloth to the shelf before you buy the paint.

To sit quietly behind it

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To stand against it

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