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Carey Old Blue
Irving FabricF4682-01
Carey Old Blue shows Irving’s narrow horizontal stripe pattern in a softly weathered blue, lifted by pale neutral ground and fine woven detail. The overall effect is calm and tailored rather than bright or bold.
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About this fabric
This colourway combines muted blue-grey stripes with cream, beige and taupe threads, giving the surface a gently faded, almost chalky look. The repeating bands read clearly across the 139cm width, with a measured rhythm that suits the design’s medium-scale stripe. Its 42% viscose, 32% cotton, 17% polyester, 7% linen and 2% acrylic composition gives the cloth a balanced handle and a lightly textured finish. With a repeat of V 33cm / H 9cm approx, the pattern has enough structure to feel ordered while still looking relaxed and woven. The Q 8 < T 3 care code and √BM fire code support its use as a practical decorative fabric.
How to use it
Use it on an armchair, bench or modestly scaled curtains where the soft blue can cool warmer woods and stone. It works especially well in rooms with linen, painted joinery or antique oak, where the restrained stripe adds detail without dominating.
A restrained striped fabric that brings quiet colour and texture to tailored interiors.
More from Irving
The same book, other colourways.
Arran Blue
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Arran Old Blue
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Arran Tomato
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Carey Forest
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Carey Multi
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Carey Red
Irving
Carey Stone
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Irving Aqua
Irving
Irving Old Blue
Irving
Irving Silver
Irving
Kimber Blue
Irving
Kimber Red
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Pairs well with
A pattern needs somewhere for the eye to rest, so these are the plains and textures that sit beside Carey Old Blue without fighting it. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.
Galaxy Ocean
Galaxy Collection
Divonne Marine (dg 480)
Lugano Plain Fabrics
Romey Blue
Almora Wvs
Calyon Blue
Lucas
Nura Baltique
Nura III
Morton Old Blue
Bampton
Wembury Old Blue
Bampton
Alaska Navy
Alaska Collection
Beaux-Arts Nuit
Atelier Fabrics
Albany Duckegg
Albany and Moray
Albany Midnight
Albany and Moray
Kalutara Indigo
Ampara Fabrics
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
Fossil
Zoffany · #a8a18f
To stand against it
Bone Black
Zoffany · #424244
Other blue fabrics
Across the houses we hold. See all 7,979.
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Hemsby Check Aqua
Hemsby Chks & Stripes
Hemsby Check Old Blue
Hemsby Chks & Stripes
Beeching Aqua
Hugo
Beeching Old Blue
Hugo
Drummond Old Blue
Hugo
Ashbury Blue
Jardine
Clarinda Slate Blue
Jardine
Grayshott Blue/Green
Jardine
Grayshott Navy
Jardine
Grayshott Silk Blue
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