Soft aqua sheer fabric with subtle linen slub and gentle vertical folds

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Colefax and Fowler

Bute Aqua

Name: Bute Aqua
Brand: Colefax and Fowler
SKU: F4029-07

Bute Aqua is a quietly luminous sheer with a soft aqua-blue cast and a fluid, linen-rich surface. In the image it falls in gentle vertical folds, showing a cool, airy transparency rather than a heavy or opaque finish.

soft aqua blue plain none relaxed drapery

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

About this fabric

This colourway has a pale aqua tone softened by grey, so it reads fresh and calm rather than bright or tropical. The surface shows the light slub and gentle vertical grain you would expect from a linen-rich sheer, while the drape feels smooth and easy in the image. It is composed of 63% Linen and 37% Polyester, with a generous width of approximately 288cm, making it well suited to wide drops and full-window dressing. The repeat is effectively absent at V 0cm / H 0cm approx, which keeps the look uninterrupted and serene. Care code C 8 + T 3 and fire code Z are supplied for this exact fabric.

How to use it

Use Bute Aqua for light-filtering curtains, wave headers or relaxed bedroom sheers where its cool sea-glass tint can soften daylight. It pairs especially well with chalk white, pale oak and brushed nickel for a clean, coastal feel.

A sheer aqua linen blend that brings a cool, airy finish to windows.

Colefax and Fowler Liliana Sheers Fabric

Specification

Care code: C 8 + T 3
Composition: 63% Linen, 37% Polyester
Fire code: Z
Pattern repeat: V 0cm / H 0cm approx
Width: 288cm 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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Bute Aqua 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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