Close-up of a warm muted red striped plain woven fabric with fine vertical texture

Tap the swatch to see it larger. Colours on a screen are a guide, not a match, so come and feel the real cloth.

Colefax and Fowler

Embury Red

Name: Embury Red
Brand: Colefax and Fowler
SKU: F4936-03

Olney FabricF4936-03

Embury Red is a softly striated plain with a warm, muted red cast and a linen-led surface that reads quietly tailored rather than vivid. The fine vertical texture gives the colour a gentle shimmer across the cloth.

warm muted red plain none smart both

Ask Ruth about this fabric See it in your room

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

About this fabric

Embury Red from the Olney collection by Colefax and Fowler is a fabric with no repeat, measuring approximately 144cm wide. Its blend of 44% viscose, 25% linen, 22% cotton, 6% acrylic and 3% polyester gives the surface a dry, woven handle with just enough softness to keep the finish refined. In this colourway, the red is restrained and earthy rather than bright, softened by beige and rose undertones that sit comfortably against the fine vertical striation visible in the weave. The overall effect is smart and settled, with the texture helping the shade catch the light without looking glossy.

How to use it

Use this muted red on upholstered dining chairs, a headboard or tailored blinds where a little colour is wanted without strong contrast. It also sits well with oak, parchment neutrals and aged brass, which echo the fabric’s warm, softly weathered tone.

A softly tailored red with a calm, linen-rich look for classic upholstery or curtains.

Colefax and Fowler Olney Fabric

Specification

Care code: Q 8 + T 3
Composition: 44% Viscose, 25% Linen, 22% Cotton, 6% Acrylic, 3% Polyester
Fire code: √BH
Pattern repeat: V 0cm / H 0cm approx
Width: 144cm 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.

More from Olney

The same book, other colourways.

Muted old blue plain woven fabric with fine horizontal slub texture

Durance Old Blue

Olney

Textured soft terracotta-red plain fabric with fine horizontal slubbing

Durance Red

Olney

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

Durance Sand

Olney

Pale blue striped fabric swatch with fine vertical texture and soft linen look

Embury Blue

Olney

Pale sage striped fabric swatch with fine vertical cream lines

Embury Green

Olney

Pale cream fabric with fine vertical old blue stripes and a lightly textured weave

Embury Old Blue

Olney

Small aqua-green damask motif on a pale linen-look ground

Hazebrook Aqua

Olney

Small blue floral sprigs scattered across a cream woven fabric

Hazebrook Blue

Olney

Small repeating floral fabric in hazy green and blush on an ivory ground

Hazebrook Green

Olney

Small repeating pale blue floral pattern on a cream ground

Hazebrook Old Blue

Olney

Small rose-red floral print on a pale cream ground, tightly repeated

Hazebrook Red

Olney

Close-up of a soft warm beige plain weave fabric with fine textured grain

Morette Beige

Olney

See the whole collection

Pairs well with

Embury 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.

Warm red fabric swatch with fine horizontal striations and a smooth weave

Ascot Red

Misc

Cream fabric with a warm red rectangular fretwork grid and fine textured surface

Fretwork Print Ladybird Red

Oakham Fabrics

Close-up of warm muted red diamond weave fabric with tiny geometric repeat

Clancey Red

Chester

Close-up of small-scale red and cream patterned woven fabric

Mellar Red

Romilly

Scattered scarlet and copper leaf branches on a dark ground

Aspen Scarlet

Tahiti Collection

Red botanical fabric with pale floral and animal motif on a crimson ground

Botanist Crimson

Tahiti Collection

Manta Carmin

Carnets Andalous Fabrics

Ivory woven fabric with raised cinnabar-red interlocking ring motifs

Dashiki Cinnabar

Amara

Warm brick-red textile with repeating ivory dotted circular motifs and tactile woven texture

Kiko Red

Amara

Purachina Scarlet

Amaya Fabrics

Warp Cloth Berry

Tweed FR Fabrics

Deep wine red fabric with fine horizontal striations and a soft matte texture

Kensington Wine

Brodsworth

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

Wheatfield

Zoffany · #cebea5

To stand against it

Picture Gallery Red

Farrow & Ball · #9c5950