Close-up of a muted slate blue woven fabric with fine vertical striations

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Colefax and Fowler

Croft Slate Blue

Name: Croft Slate Blue
Brand: Colefax and Fowler
SKU: F4851-01

Chester FabricF4851-01

Croft Slate Blue has a cool, muted depth, with the weave reading as softly mottled rather than flat. The colour sits between blue and grey, giving it an understated, tailored feel.

muted slate blue plain none smart upholstery

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

About this fabric

This Chester fabric by Colefax and Fowler is supplied in a 143cm approx width and has a zero repeat, making the subtle surface texture the main feature. The composition is 44% Cotton, 28% Linen, 14% Wool, 13% Polyester and 1% Polyamide, which suits the slightly dry, gently slubbed hand visible in the cloth. In this colourway, the slate blue is softened with grey and a touch of mineral green, so it feels cool and restrained rather than bright. The plain weave shows fine vertical striations and a lightly heathered appearance that gives the fabric depth without introducing pattern.

How to use it

Use it on a sofa, armchair or headboard where you want colour that feels composed and easy to live with. It pairs especially well with pale oak, chalky whites and deeper navy accents for a layered, tonal scheme.

A quietly tailored slate blue that brings a calm, refined finish to seating or relaxed drapery.

Colefax and Fowler Chester Fabric

Specification

Care code: Q 8 + T 3
Composition: 44% Cotton, 28% Linen, 14% Wool, 13% Polyester, 1% Polyamide
Fire code: √BM
Pattern repeat: V 0cm / H 0cm approx
Width: 143cm 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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Croft Slate 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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