Close-up of Oaken Beige linen fabric with a small leaf motif in warm beige tones

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Colefax and Fowler

Oaken Beige

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Oaken Beige shows a fine, all-over botanical pattern in a gentle oatmeal beige that feels calm and understated. The small repeat gives the linen a neat, tailored look rather than a bold decorative one.

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About this fabric

Woven in 100% linen, this fabric has a dry, natural surface that suits the soft, matte quality visible in the swatch. The pattern repeats at approximately 5cm vertically and horizontally, creating a tidy lattice of small leaf-like motifs across the ground. Oaken Beige reads as a warm, muted beige with a faint greenish cast in the detailing, so the design feels relaxed rather than sharply contrasted. At approximately 141cm wide and with a √CM fire code, it is a practical decorative linen for interiors that want pattern without heaviness.

How to use it

Use Oaken Beige on a cushioned chair, bench pad, or blind where its small-scale pattern can add texture without dominating the room. Its warm neutral tone pairs especially well with pale oak, putty paintwork, and soft green accents.

A quietly elegant linen with a delicate small-scale pattern that suits tailored upholstery or refined curtains.

Colefax and Fowler Oaken Fabric

Specification

Composition: 100% Linen
Width: 141cm approx
Pattern repeat: V 5cm / H 5cm 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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Pairs well with

A pattern needs somewhere for the eye to rest, so these are the plains and textures that sit beside Oaken Beige without fighting it. 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

Fennel

Zoffany · #bcb797

To stand against it

Tivoli

Little Greene · #5c8ea9