Close-up of a muted slate blue plain weave fabric with a fine speckled texture

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Colefax and Fowler

Cotley Blue

Name: Cotley Blue
Brand: Colefax and Fowler
SKU: F4897-07

Bampton FabricF4897-07

Cotley Blue is a quiet, slate-leaning blue with a finely speckled surface that reads soft rather than bright. The close weave gives it a calm, tailored look in this colourway.

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Ask Ruth about this fabric See it in your room

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

About this fabric

This plain fabric has a tight, textural finish that softens the blue into a muted, weathered tone rather than a clean primary shade. The blend of 61% viscose, 19% cotton, 11% linen and 9% polyester gives it a natural, lightly dry hand with a subtle softness visible across the surface. With a width of approximately 139cm and no repeat, it is an easy coordinate for larger runs and straightforward making-up. The colour sits between blue and grey, so it feels composed and versatile rather than vivid or nautical.

How to use it

Use Cotley Blue on an armchair, banquette or curtains where you want a cool, restrained colour that still has presence. It pairs especially well with pale oak, chalk white and brushed metal finishes.

A cool, understated blue that works neatly across seating and curtains.

Colefax and Fowler Bampton Fabric

Specification

Care code: Q 8 < T 3
Composition: 61% Viscose, 19% Cotton, 11% Linen, 9% Polyester
Fire code: √CH
Pattern repeat: V 0cm / H 0cm approx
Width: 139cm approx

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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Cotley 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.

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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.

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