Deep bordeaux plain textile with a softly mottled, light-catching surface

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Clarke & Clarke

Alvar Bordeaux

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Alvar Bordeaux is a deep wine-red textile with a dark plum cast and a softly varied plain surface. The close-up shows subtle tonal movement as the light catches the fabric, rather than a visible motif or stripe.

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About this fabric

This 300gsm Clarke & Clarke fabric has a dense, smooth-looking face with understated tonal variation across the bordeaux ground. Its rich red-purple depth gives the colour a moody, luxurious presence without introducing a printed pattern. The vertical and horizontal pattern repeats are both 0cm, making the plain design straightforward to position. Supplied at a 144cm usable width and a standard 35m length, it is suited to coordinated upholstery and drapery applications.

How to use it

Use Alvar Bordeaux on a statement chair, sofa or full-length curtains where its dark wine tone can anchor a room. Pair it with warm timber, antique brass and softened neutrals to balance the colour’s deep, dramatic character.

Use this deep wine-red textile to bring rich, quietly dramatic colour to upholstery, curtains or layered interiors.

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

Purple Brown

Little Greene · #271410

To stand against it

Barbed Berry

Morris & Co. · #a05456

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