Antique red velvet-like fabric with coppery highlights and mottled texture

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Colefax and Fowler

Keats Antique Red

Keats FabricF3914-15

Keats Antique Red reads as a deep, timeworn red with glowing coppery highlights across the surface. The finish catches the light with a soft, velvety shimmer rather than a flat colour block.

antique red plain none luxe upholstery

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About this fabric

Woven in 70% viscose and 30% cotton, this fabric has a supple, plush handle that suits it to upholstered pieces where its lustre can be seen from different angles. The image shows an antique red tone softened by brown and rust undertones, giving the surface a warm, aged character rather than a bright scarlet look. The all-over effect is almost clouded, with lighter copper flecks breaking through the deeper red ground and adding movement. With no repeat and an approximate width of 142cm, it is straightforward to pattern-match and versatile across larger spans of furniture or soft furnishings.

How to use it

Use this colourway on a sofa, armchair or upholstered headboard where its rich red-brown depth can anchor a room. It pairs especially well with dark wood, brass and muted neutrals that let the coppery sheen stand out.

A rich, aged red with a velvety lustre that brings warmth and depth to classic interiors.

Colefax and Fowler Keats Fabric

Specification

Composition: 70% Viscose, 30% Cotton
Width: 142cm approx
Pattern repeat: V 0cm / H 0cm approx
Fire code: √CM
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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Keats Antique Red 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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