Soft pale blue-grey plain woven fabric with a fine textured surface

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Colefax and Fowler

Cotley Old Blue

Name: Cotley Old Blue
Brand: Colefax and Fowler
SKU: F4897-04

Bampton FabricF4897-04

Cotley Old Blue is a softly muted plain weave with a pale, chalky blue-grey cast. The surface has a fine, cloth-like texture that reads calm and understated in the light.

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

About this fabric

Part of the Bampton collection by Colefax and Fowler, this fabric is woven in a 61% viscose, 19% cotton, 11% linen and 9% polyester blend with a width of approximately 139cm. The cloth shows no visible repeat, which gives the colourway a clean, uninterrupted look across larger areas. In this Old Blue shade, the tone is cool and washed-back rather than bright, with a gentle silvery softness that keeps it feeling easy and refined. The subtle slub and fine weave add texture without turning the surface busy, making it suitable for schemes that need colour but not pattern.

How to use it

Use it on a tailored armchair, cushions or relaxed curtains where the soft blue-grey can cool warmer woods and stone. It sits especially well with off-white, pale oak and deeper navy accents.

A quietly weathered blue that layers easily with linen neutrals and painted woodwork.

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 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.

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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

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To stand against it

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