Warm carmine-red plain weave with fine tonal texture across the fabric swatch

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Clarke & Clarke

Highlander Carmine

Highlander Carmine presents as an even, warm red cloth with a fine, understated woven texture. Its carmine tone has a gently brick-red depth, while subtle tonal variation across the surface keeps the colour from appearing flat.

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Part of the range we hold from Clarke & Clarke.

About this fabric

At 290 gsm, this is a substantial mid-weight textile with a close, softly textured surface that can work across upholstery and drapery. The usable width is 140 cm, providing a practical plain ground without the need to align a motif. Both the vertical and horizontal pattern repeats are 0 cm, matching the swatch’s uninterrupted appearance. The red colour reads rich and warm rather than bright scarlet, with the fine weave creating restrained changes in depth as the light moves across it.

How to use it

Use Highlander Carmine to give a chair, headboard or bench a confident warm-red finish, or make it into softly tailored curtains where its plain surface can carry the colour without adding pattern. Pair it with aged timber, warm neutrals and muted brass to draw out its brick-red undertone.

A warm carmine plain weave that brings saturated red depth to upholstery and softly tailored curtains.

Clarke & Clarke Highlander 2 Fabric

Specification

Usable width: 140 cm
Standard length: 40 m
Vertical repeat: 0 cm
Horizontal repeat: 0 cm
Weight: 290 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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