Smoky taupe-grey woven fabric with a fine, subtly rippled surface

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Clarke & Clarke

Spectrum Storm

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Spectrum Storm reads as a cool, softened taupe-grey with a calm, lightly shaded appearance. Its close surface is enlivened by a barely-there rippled grain that gives the plain-looking colour quiet depth.

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About this fabric

This colourway combines smoky grey and muted taupe, creating a restrained neutral that feels cooler and more atmospheric than a warm beige. The fine woven texture has a subtle irregular linear movement, visible as delicate tonal shifts across the swatch rather than a strong motif. At 271gsm, it has the presence of a versatile mid-weight textile, while the 137cm usable width offers practical coverage. The design has a 36.5cm vertical repeat and a 34.5cm horizontal repeat, although the low-contrast surface keeps the pattern discreet.

How to use it

Use Spectrum Storm on a tailored sofa or relaxed curtain to introduce soft grey-taupe depth without overwhelming a room. It works particularly well with chalky whites, weathered timber, charcoal accents and cool stone finishes.

Use this softly structured taupe-grey weave to bring quiet depth to upholstery, curtains or layered neutral schemes.

Clarke & Clarke Spectrum Fabric

Specification

Usable width: 137 cm
Standard length: 40 m
Vertical repeat: 36.5 cm
Horizontal repeat: 34.5 cm
Weight: 271 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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Spectrum Storm is a quiet cloth, so it carries a pattern beside it: one of these on the curtains and this on the chair. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.

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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

Bastille

Sanderson · #717171

To stand against it

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