Simon Houlding Upholstery
Pale straw-cream linen plain weave fabric swatch with subtle texture

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Colefax and Fowler

Flynn Straw

Flynn Linen FabricF4890-05

Flynn Straw is a quietly warm linen with a soft straw-cream appearance and a natural, lightly textured surface. The plain weave reads calm and understated, with just enough movement in the yarn to keep the colourway from feeling flat.

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About this fabric

This colourway has a gentle beige-cream cast, lifted by the dry, natural character you expect from 100% linen. With a repeat of V 0cm / H 0cm approx., the fabric presents as a clean plain rather than a patterned textile, so the focus stays on its subtle woven texture and mellow tone. The 139cm approx. width makes it practical for a range of interior applications, while the Q 8 + T 3 care code and √BM fire code provide useful specification detail for specification and installation. Flynn Straw feels softly sunlit rather than yellow, giving it an easy, heritage-neutral look.

How to use it

Use Flynn Straw where you want warmth without strong colour: it is especially effective on curtains, loose covers and upholstered pieces that need a calm, natural finish. Its pale straw tone sits neatly alongside oak, cane, chalk whites and muted greens.

A warm, easy neutral that works beautifully across seating and soft furnishings.

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