Close-up of plain charcoal-grey woven fabric with a subtle matte texture

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Clarke & Clarke

Alvar Seal

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Alvar Seal is a deep, cool grey textile with a quiet plain surface and faint woven variation visible across the swatch. Its charcoal tone reads softly rather than harshly black, giving the cloth a composed, modern character.

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Part of the range we hold from Clarke & Clarke.

About this fabric

The swatch shows a plain charcoal-grey weave with a muted, matte appearance and very subtle tonal movement in the surface. At 300 gsm and 144 cm usable width, this mid-weight fabric is suited to both upholstery and drapery. The pattern repeat is 0 cm vertically and horizontally, so there is no motif to align when cutting. In changing light, the cool grey depth shifts gently between slate and charcoal while retaining its understated texture.

How to use it

Pair this cool charcoal-grey colourway with pale stone, chalky white or warm timber for a restrained contemporary room. It can also add quiet depth to a layered grey scheme without introducing a visible pattern.

Use this cool charcoal-grey plain weave to bring a calm, tailored depth to upholstery, curtains or layered neutral schemes.

Clarke & Clarke Alvar 2 Fabric

Specification

Usable width: 144 cm
Standard length: 35 m
Vertical repeat: 0 cm
Horizontal repeat: 0 cm
Weight: 300 gsm

Specification as published by Clarke & Clarke. 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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Alvar Seal 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

Gargoyle

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To stand against it

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