Simon Houlding Upholstery
Warm ivory textile with dense soft slate-grey irregular spot motifs and lightly nubby surface

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Clarke & Clarke

Ortega Slate

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Ortega Slate shows a warm ivory ground densely marked with soft slate-grey, irregular rounded motifs. The close view reveals a subtly textured surface that keeps the pale colourway from appearing flat.

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About this fabric

The design combines a warm ivory background with muted slate-grey forms that vary between rounded, pebble-like outlines and more angular organic shapes. Its softly contrasting tones give the pattern a calm, lightly graphic character rather than a high-contrast animal print effect. At 456gsm, the cloth has a substantial weight suited to upholstery. The fabric has a 140cm usable width, with a 35cm vertical and 35cm horizontal pattern repeat for considered motif placement.

How to use it

Use Ortega Slate on a structured armchair, dining seat or sofa where its warm ivory base can brighten the form while the soft slate-grey pattern adds definition. Pair it with chalky neutrals, pale timber and cool grey accents for a restrained, contemporary scheme.

The warm ivory ground and softened slate-grey pattern bring gentle contrast to tailored upholstery and occasional chairs.

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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

Grey Birch

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To stand against it

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