Pale silver-grey linen fabric with delicate botanical leaf trailing and soft drape

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Colefax and Fowler

Melina Silver

Avril FabricF4303-01

Melina Silver shows a cool, airy ground with a fine silver-grey botanical trail running across the cloth. The overall effect is light and quietly decorative, with the motif reading softly rather than sharply.

soft silver-grey botanical medium smart drapery

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About this fabric

Melina Silver from the Avril collection by Colefax and Fowler is composed of 80% linen and 20% polyester, with an approximate width of 128cm and a repeat of V 65cm / H 128cm. The fabric in the image has a pale silver-grey ground that feels restrained and breathable, while the leaf-like pattern is worked in a slightly darker, muted grey for gentle contrast. Its linen character is visible in the natural-looking surface and the softly irregular drape, giving the design a relaxed but polished presence. The 128cm horizontal repeat suggests a broad, flowing layout that suits the airy botanical movement shown here.

How to use it

Use this colourway for curtains in calm, layered interiors where the pale silver ground can lift darker furniture and wood tones. It works especially well with dove grey paint, limestone finishes, and understated metallic accents.

Pair with pale oak and chalky linens for an understated, elegant room.

Colefax and Fowler Avril Fabric

Specification

Composition: 80% Linen, 20% Polyester
Width: 128cm approx
Pattern repeat: V 65cm / H 128cm approx
Fire code: Z
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.

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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

Storm Grey

Zoffany · #aba79e

To stand against it

Arras

Little Greene · #744442