Simon Houlding Upholstery
Deep teal botanical fabric with sage, cream and rust leaves in dense repeat

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Clarke & Clarke

Congo Antique

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Congo Antique layers dense botanical foliage over a deep blue-green ground, creating a richly shadowed colourway with flashes of sage, cream and rust. The muted antique palette gives the pattern depth while preserving the fine leaf detail visible across the surface.

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About this fabric

Congo Antique is a dense botanical repeat set against a deep teal ground, with layered leaves in sage, olive, parchment and restrained rust. The dark background gives the foliage a moody, collected quality, while pale leaf highlights lift the design without making it feel bright or busy. At 374 gsm, it has a substantial weight suited to upholstery, with a 137 cm usable width for practical cutting. The vertical and horizontal pattern repeats are both 68.5 cm, supplied in a standard 25 m length.

How to use it

Use Congo Antique on a statement armchair, headboard or occasional sofa where its deep teal ground can anchor a room. Pair it with warm walnut, aged brass, tobacco leather and quiet cream textiles to draw out the rust and pale foliage accents.

Use the deep teal ground to anchor warm wood, aged brass and soft neutral upholstery.

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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

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