Soft warm cream sheer fabric hanging in vertical folds with a subtle linen slub

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Colefax and Fowler

Bute Dark Cream

Name: Bute Dark Cream
Brand: Colefax and Fowler
SKU: F4029-11

Bute Dark Cream is a softly diffused sheer with a warm cream tone and a lightly slubbed linen look. In the photograph it falls in loose vertical folds, reading airy, calm and gently textural.

warm dark cream 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 shows a muted dark cream with a faint beige warmth, so it feels softer and slightly deeper than a bright ivory sheer. The fabric has a fine, semi-transparent handle with the small slubs and vertical grain you can see running through the folds. It is a wide 288cm approx fabric, woven in 63% linen and 37% polyester, with repeat V 0cm / H 0cm approx, making it a practical plain sheer for full-drop curtains. The C 8 + T 3 care code and Z fire code are supplied for this exact fabric. Its light-catching surface gives the cream a gentle glow rather than a sharp white finish.

How to use it

Use it where you want daylight softened without losing a natural linen character, especially at tall windows or across wide spans. The warm cream tone sits well with pale oak, putty walls and quiet neutrals, adding softness rather than contrast.

A soft, warm neutral for light-filled curtains and gentle layering.

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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