Close-up of a soft blue-grey woven fabric with fine textured basket weave

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Colefax and Fowler

Tay Old Blue

Name: Tay Old Blue
Brand: Colefax and Fowler
SKU: F4644-01

Tay Old Blue is a quietly textured weave with a soft blue-grey cast and a subtle dry handle. The colour reads muted and cool, with fine tonal variation that gives the surface depth.

soft muted blue-grey plain none smart both

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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 Brett Weaves collection by Colefax and Fowler, Tay Old Blue is a fabric with no repeat, making its small-scale woven texture feel calm and continuous across a surface. The cloth is composed of 55% viscose, 26% cotton and 19% polyester, and at approximately 139cm wide it offers a practical width for a range of interior projects. Visually, the yarns blend into a subdued blue-grey ground with a slightly weathered look, while the weave catches the light just enough to keep the finish lively. The overall effect is smart but relaxed, with a softer, cooler note than a brighter denim blue.

How to use it

Use this shade where you want colour without commitment: it is especially strong on clean-lined upholstery, cushions or simple drapery. Its muted blue-grey tone sits well with natural timber, chalky whites and deeper navy accents.

A restrained blue-grey weave that works beautifully on tailored upholstery or elegant 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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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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