Charcoal fabric with large rust, stone and blue-grey abstract brushstrokes and soft texture

Tap the swatch to see it larger. Colours on a screen are a guide, not a match, so come and feel the real cloth.

Black Edition

Makona Shadow

Name: Makona Shadow
Brand: Black Edition

Makona Shadow makes a dramatic first impression with a near-black charcoal ground cut through by broad, painterly shapes. Rust, caramel, stone and smoky blue-grey accents give the dark colourway a layered, atmospheric quality.

charcoal black with rust abstract large luxe upholstery

Ask Ruth about this fabric See it in your room

See this fabric on Black Edition's own site, then order it through us.

About this fabric

The surface shown has a soft, brushed appearance that gently catches the light across the deep charcoal-black background. Large, irregular forms move across the cloth in rust-brown, muted caramel, warm stone and cool grey-blue, creating an expressive abstract composition rather than a regular repeat. Pale angular strokes provide contrast, while the darker areas bring depth and visual weight. Its plush-looking handle and bold scale make this colourway especially compelling for statement upholstery.

How to use it

Use Makona Shadow on a sculptural armchair, occasional chair or compact sofa where its charcoal depth can anchor a room. Echo the warm rust and caramel marks with walnut, aged brass or terracotta, then soften the scheme with stone upholstery or plaster-toned walls.

Use this dramatic charcoal colourway on a statement chair or sofa, pairing it with warm timber and muted stone accents.

Black Edition Tabala Fabric

More from Tabala

The same book, other colourways.

Dusty blush and taupe textile with charcoal distressed ornamental motifs and rough woven texture

Jacinta Rhondonite

Tabala

Charcoal and pale grey abstract textile with distressed vertical brush marks

Jackson Charcoal

Tabala

Rust-brown and ivory abstract brush-grid weave with pronounced vertical texture

Jackson Rust

Tabala

Charcoal and ivory distressed checked upholstery fabric on layered cushions

Jackson Shadow

Tabala

Weathered taupe-beige textile with charcoal grid marks and distressed vertical striations

Jackson Stucco

Tabala

Deep forest-green fabric with painterly ivory, sage and rust botanical leaves

Makona Kaitoke

Tabala

Deep teal fabric with large painterly ivory, beige and tan abstract leaves

Makona Teal

Tabala

Charcoal taupe textile densely covered with rust, cream and ochre flecks

Naira Mehndi

Tabala

Deep teal textured floral weave with cream, gold, turquoise and charcoal flecks

Naira Teal

Tabala

Charcoal and brown woven fabric with silver-grey distressed geometric vertical motifs

Ozari Carbon

Tabala

Muted olive textile with irregular cream, sage and grey vertical geometric bands

Ozari Kaitoke

Tabala

Burnt-copper and black irregular vertical bands with varied raised woven texture

Ozari Mehndi

Tabala

See the whole collection

Pairs well with

A pattern needs somewhere for the eye to rest, so these are the plains and textures that sit beside Makona Shadow without fighting it. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.

Dark ebony-black textured plain fabric swatch with subtle mottled surface

Marina Ebony

Tahiti Collection

Saint-Honore Jais

Atelier Fabrics

Quarzo Ebony

Metalli

Near-black ebony textile with a barely flecked, softly textured surface

Maculo Ebony

Purus

Decorative bird-and-blossom fabric on a deep black linen ground

Belmont Trail Black

Ellerdine

Moyarta Pantha

Cascina Fabrics

Jura Black Ink

Essentials Black & White Fabrics

Close-up of smoky black velvet-look fabric with soft highlights and shadowed folds

Glamour Noir

Glamour

Deep black plain woven fabric swatch with a subtle matte texture

Liana Noir

Plains & Semi Plains

Deep black velvet swatch with horizontal folds and a soft silvery sheen

Performance Velvets Black Earth

Performance Velvet

Near-solid jet black plain fabric swatch with a matte, low-sheen finish

Odyssey Black

Odyssey

Connaught Silk Caviar

Connaught Silk

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

Reduced Green

Farrow & Ball · #5c584c

To stand against it

High Sea

Sanderson · #92a7aa

Other black fabrics

Across the houses we hold. See all 929.

Charcoal floral fabric with ivory blooms, grey flowers and muted olive foliage

Herbaria Obsidian

Herbaria

Ikulu Anthracite

Ikulu

Ariana Carbon

Inachi

Eri Ebony

Lorentz

Charcoal-black Kumo textile with fine, irregular horizontal striations and a softly textured surface

Kumo Carbon

Lorentz

Charcoal-black textile with irregular crosshatched striations and softly mottled woven texture

Silvano Carbon

Zkara

Charcoal and taupe Utsuro wallpaper with distressed vertical striations and cloudy patches

Utsuro Wallpaper Magma

Mizumi Wallcoverings

Charcoal wallpaper with sweeping ochre, cream, sage and blue-grey leaf motifs

Makona Wallcovering Shadow

Tabala Wallcoverings

Charcoal-black wallpaper with vertical ribbing and muted bronze leaf-like highlights

Onumawallcovering Shadow

Tsauri Wallcoverings

Acero Black

Fabrics

Charcoal woven fabric with scattered ivory abstract lines and fine textured ground

Ad Astra Notturno

Upholstery fabrics

Deep black velvet swatch with subtle nap and softly shifting surface sheen

Adamo & Eva Nero

Velvet fabrics