Cool steel-grey textile with distressed vertical striations and pale blush flecks

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Clarke & Clarke

Aurora Steel

Dimensions FabricCCF0056-13

Aurora Steel has a cool steel-grey ground marked by irregular vertical breaks, with small pale blush-beige flecks showing through the distressed surface. Its textured appearance gives the colourway a weathered, quietly dimensional character.

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About this fabric

The dominant tone is a muted blue-leaning grey with a taupe cast, rather than a flat charcoal or silver. Uneven vertical striations run through the surface, catching lighter fragments in pale blush and warm beige that soften the otherwise cool ground. At 555 gsm, Aurora Steel has a substantial handle suited to upholstery applications, with a 138 cm usable width. The design has a 76.5 cm vertical repeat and a 35 cm horizontal repeat, useful dimensions to consider when planning patterned upholstery.

How to use it

Use Aurora Steel on a sofa, headboard or occasional chair where its cool weathered grey can anchor softer blush, stone and warm ivory accents. The distressed vertical direction also works well on tailored upholstery, allowing the pale flecks to add restrained contrast without overwhelming the form.

A substantial steel-grey textile with distressed vertical markings and softly contrasting pale flecks.

Pairs well with

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

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

Baluster

Little Greene · #89847e

To stand against it

Whitening

Little Greene · #f4f2e5

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