Layered azure and pale aqua abstract watercolour washes on flowing drapery fabric

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Clarke & Clarke

Nairobi Azure

Breegan Jane x Clarke and Clarke Fabric FabricCCF0774-01

Nairobi Azure moves from almost-white aqua at the top through translucent turquoise washes to a deeper azure-blue lower edge. Its broad, clouded brushwork gives the cloth a cool, watercolour-like sense of movement.

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About this fabric

This fine 43 gsm fabric is dominated by pale aqua and icy blue, with saturated turquoise and deeper azure pooling through the lower section of the image. Soft, irregular brush-like layers create an atmospheric abstract design rather than a defined geometric motif, while the low visual density keeps the colourway light despite its darker blue base. The 292 cm usable width allows the expansive artwork to read across generous drops. Its pattern repeat measures 292 cm vertically by 267 cm horizontally, giving the painterly transitions considerable scale when hung.

How to use it

Pair Nairobi Azure with chalky whites, pale timber and cool grey upholstery to reinforce its fresh, coastal tone. For a more layered scheme, pick up the deeper blue at the base in a plain cushion or trim.

Use this airy azure colourway for full-length curtains where its pale washes and deeper blue base can fill a room with cool, watery movement.

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

Sky Blue

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To stand against it

Dark Lead Colour

Little Greene · #6d6a65

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