Close-up of softly woven sandy beige fabric with fine horizontal texture

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Colefax and Fowler

Durance Sand

Olney FabricF4950-06

Durance Sand is a softly textured neutral with a gentle sandy warmth and a fine horizontal weave. The surface reads calm and understated, with just enough grain to keep the colourway from feeling flat.

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About this fabric

This colourway has a light beige base with a warm, sun-baked undertone that feels more sand than ivory. The closely woven texture gives the face a quiet striation, and the small tonal shifts catch the light without creating a visible pattern, which suits the repeat being 0cm vertically and horizontally. Woven in 60% viscose, 18% cotton, 17% linen and 5% acrylic, it has the balanced handle expected of a versatile furnishing fabric. At approximately 143cm wide, it is practical for both upholstery and drapery where a relaxed neutral is needed. The Q 8 < T 3 care code and √BM fire code add useful specification detail for project planning.

How to use it

Use Durance Sand to soften a room with oak, limestone and pale timber, where its muted warmth will sit naturally rather than dominate. It also works well as a quiet curtain or blind cloth in interiors that need a calm, sunlit backdrop.

A warm neutral that works beautifully across upholstery and curtains.

Colefax and Fowler Olney Fabric

Specification

Composition: 60% Viscose, 18% Cotton, 17% Linen, 5% Acrylic
Width: 143cm approx
Pattern repeat: V 0cm / H 0cm approx
Fire code: √BM
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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