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Appledore Check Old Blue
Appledore FabricF4140-05
Appledore Check Old Blue shows a calm, evenly woven gingham-style check in soft blue and warm cream. The colourway feels light and washed-out rather than bright, giving the pattern a relaxed, lived-in character.
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About this fabric
Woven in 60% linen and 40% viscose, this cloth has the natural slub and matte freshness associated with linen, softened by the smoother hand of viscose. The check repeats at approximately V 18cm / H 15cm, creating a clear medium-scale grid that reads tidy and unfussy from a distance. In Old Blue, the blue squares are muted and powdery, with a cool, slightly greyed tone that sits gently against the creamy ground. At 140cm wide and with care code Q 8 + T 3, it is a practical decorative fabric for curtains, cushions or light upholstery, with √CH fire performance noted.
How to use it
Use Old Blue where you want a restrained coastal or country palette: it pairs naturally with white-painted timber, pale oak and chalky neutrals. The soft blue check also works well with striped linens and simple florals, especially in sunlit rooms.
A fresh, airy check that brings a gentle country feel to rooms without looking rustic.
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Pairs well with
A pattern needs somewhere for the eye to rest, so these are the plains and textures that sit beside Appledore Check Old Blue without fighting it. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.
Lunar Denim
Lunar Book Collection
Lunar Powder Blue
Lunar Book Collection
Kensington Powder Blue
Brodsworth
Greenwich Sky
Plains & Semi Plains
Speckle Powder Blue
Sgraffito II
Palermo Sky
Palermo
Astor Wallcovering Bunting
Astor Fr
Lismore Linen Eau de Nil
Lismore Linen
Almora Blue
Almora Wvs
Darwin Blue
Cleo
Cabris Ciel
Cabris II
Ella Ciel
Ella
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
Yacht Blue Light
Sanderson · #4a597a
Other blue fabrics
Across the houses we hold. See all 7,979.
