Close-up of muted slate blue woven fabric with a nubby plain texture

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Colefax and Fowler

Tay Blue

Name: Tay Blue
Brand: Colefax and Fowler
SKU: F4644-03

Tay Blue is a tightly woven slate-blue fabric with a low-key, textured surface and a quietly tailored look. The colour reads cool and subdued, with soft tonal shifts across the weave.

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

About this fabric

This colourway has a close, nubby plain weave that gives the surface visible depth without any pattern repeat, so the texture does the talking. The blue sits in a muted slate register rather than a bright or inky tone, which keeps the fabric calm and easy to live with. At approximately 139cm wide and composed of 55% viscose, 26% cotton and 19% polyester, it has the balance of handle and practicality expected of a versatile furnishing cloth. The V 0cm / H 0cm repeat means it is straightforward to cut and use across upholstery or drapery projects, while the overall finish feels smart rather than showy.

How to use it

Use Tay Blue on an armchair, ottoman or tailored curtains where you want a cool, grounded colour with subtle texture. It pairs especially well with pale oak, chalky neutrals and brushed metals.

A versatile slate-blue weave that works well across clean-lined upholstery and tailored curtains.

Colefax and Fowler Brett Weaves Fabric

Specification

Care code: Q 8 < T 3
Composition: 55% Viscose, 26% Cotton, 19% Polyester
Fire code: √BM
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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Tay 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

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