Muted red and terracotta vertical stripes on a linen fabric swatch

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Colefax and Fowler

Melcombe Stripe Red

Melcombe Stripe Red is a fine, tailored stripe with a warm terracotta ground and slimmer red bands running cleanly through the cloth. The overall effect is muted and quietly classic rather than bright.

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About this fabric

Woven in 100% linen, this striped fabric has a dry, natural handle that suits both curtains and lighter upholstery schemes. The repeat is V 0cm / H 7.5cm approx, giving the design a neat, regular rhythm that reads clearly across the width. In this colourway, the red stripes sit over a softened earthy base, so the contrast feels warm and restrained rather than sharp. At 140cm approx wide and with no performance features noted, it is a straightforward decorative linen with an understated country-house feel.

How to use it

Use it where you want a disciplined stripe with warmth: a Roman blind, tailored cushions, or an occasional chair in a room of natural linens and aged wood. The muted red tone pairs especially well with plaster pinks, brown-tinted neutrals, and soft olive accents.

A warm, tailored stripe that brings quiet colour and works neatly on curtains or upholstery.

Colefax and Fowler Brooke Stripes Fabric

Specification

Composition: 100% Linen
Width: 140cm approx
Pattern repeat: V 0cm / H 7.5cm approx
Fire code: √BM
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

Red House

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To stand against it

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