Close-up of a muted old blue plain-woven fabric with fine textured grain

Tap the swatch to see it full screen. Colours on a screen are a guide, not a match, so come and feel the real cloth.

Colefax and Fowler

Marldon Old Blue

Albeck FabricF3701-16

Marldon Old Blue is a softly muted blue with a calm, quietly weathered look and a fine woven surface. The colour sits between grey and blue, giving it an understated finish rather than a bright, clean tone.

muted old blue plain none smart both

Ask Simon about this fabric

You have used your previews for today. Send one to Simon and you can carry on.

See this fabric on Colefax and Fowler's own site, then order it through us.

About this fabric

This Albeck fabric has a subtle plain weave with a dry, linen-like texture that reads neatly and evenly across the surface. The colourway is a restrained old blue, softened further by the viscose, cotton and linen mix, so it feels cool and gently faded rather than strong or saturated. With an approximate width of 145cm and no repeat, it is straightforward to plan for upholstery or curtains where a quiet, texture-led finish is wanted. The construction of 57% viscose, 21% cotton, 12% linen and 10% polyester gives the cloth a soft handle with a lightly tailored look. Care code Q 8 < T 3 and fire code √CH are supplied for reference.

How to use it

Use Marldon Old Blue on an occasional chair, headboard or relaxed curtains where its softened blue tone can bring depth without dominating the room. It sits especially well with chalky whites, pale oak and brushed metal finishes.

A soft, versatile blue with a quiet linen-like texture that works across both seating and curtains.

Colefax and Fowler Albeck Fabric

Specification

Composition: 57% Viscose, 21% Cotton, 12% Linen, 10% Polyester
Width: 145cm approx
Pattern repeat: V 0cm / H 0cm approx
Fire code: √CH
Care code: Q 8 < T 3

Specification as published by Colefax and Fowler. 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.

More from Albeck

The same book, other colourways.

Close-up of a fine woven brick-red fabric with cream flecks and textured weave

Marldon Brick Red

Albeck

Close-up of a finely woven charcoal grey textile with subtle speckled texture

Marldon Charcoal

Albeck

Close-up of a soft flax beige plain-woven fabric with fine textured weave

Marldon Flax

Albeck

Soft warm grey woven fabric with a fine natural slub texture

Marldon Grey

Albeck

Pale ivory textured plain weave fabric with a soft natural slub

Marldon Ivory

Albeck

Close-up of a soft natural beige woven plain fabric with fine textured speckling.

Marldon Natural

Albeck

Close-up of muted olive-brown woven fabric with fine speckled texture

Marldon Olive

Albeck

Close-up of a pale aqua plain woven fabric with fine textured surface

Marldon Pale Aqua

Albeck

Close-up of pale blue woven plain fabric with fine textured surface

Marldon Pale Blue

Albeck

Close-up of a pale sand beige plain weave fabric with fine textured grain

Marldon Pale Sand

Albeck

Close-up of a woven pale tomato red fabric with a fine speckled texture

Marldon Pale Tomato

Albeck

Warm parchment cream plain weave fabric with fine textured surface

Marldon Parchment

Albeck

See the whole collection

Pairs well with

Marldon Old Blue 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.

Muted old-blue fabric with monkeys, palms, fruit and dense dark botanical foliage

Monkey Puzzle Old Blue

Wild Life

Muted old-blue geometric diamonds on a pale ivory wallpaper ground

Chimneys Old Blue

Royal Court Wallpapers

Pale patterned fabric with scrolling vines and circular floral medallions in muted old blue

Caspian Old Blue

Ashdown

Pale damask fabric with muted old-blue motifs and a subtle slubbed texture

Brunello Old Blue

Belvedere

Soft mineral blue floral fabric with pale ivory leaf motifs

Berkeley Mineral

Caversham Collection

Muted wedgewood blue fabric with delicate ivory botanical trail pattern

Berkeley Wedgewood

Caversham Collection

Grenadine Lagon

Carnets Andalous Fabrics

Wild Palms Cobalt

Carnets Andalous Fabrics

Cobalt blue irregular spot weave on a pale blue-grey textured ground

Arcata Cobalt

Alfresco Indoor Outdoor Weaves

Cobalt blue outdoor fabric with a dense pale micro-check woven texture

Cameron Cobalt

Alfresco Indoor Outdoor Weaves

Ganton Cobalt

Berwick Fabrics

Brera Spigato Sky

Brera Rigato III Fabrics

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

Elephant Grey

Zoffany · #9f9f95

To stand against it

Madox Madder

Morris & Co. · #7e4241