Cool grey textile with dense black flecks and broken horizontal weave

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Black Edition

Benetti Avocet

Name: Benetti Avocet
Brand: Black Edition

Benetti Avocet has a cool salt-and-pepper character, with a pale ground densely broken by black and grey flecks. Its close, tactile surface reads as textured rather than patterned from a distance.

cool salt-and-pepper grey textured small relaxed upholstery

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About this fabric

Benetti Avocet is catalogued as a Fabric, with no performance features noted in the supplied information. The image shows a dense, tactile weave built from short, irregular horizontal marks. A light grey-white ground is peppered with charcoal and black, creating a softly mottled monochrome effect rather than a flat solid. The close-set texture gives the colourway gentle depth as the light moves across the surface.

How to use it

Use this cool grey-black colourway on a sofa, headboard or occasional chair where its finely mottled surface can soften a monochrome scheme. Pair it with chalky whites, charcoal accents and pale timber to keep the overall look calm and tonal.

The cool monochrome weave brings subtle movement to upholstered seating without introducing a strong pattern.

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