Dark olive plain cotton swatch with a matte, near-black surface

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

Manuel Canovas

Orso Sous Bois

Name: Orso Sous Bois
Brand: Manuel Canovas
SKU: M4114-20

Orso FabricM4114-20

Orso Sous Bois reads as a very dark forest olive, almost black in the shadows, with a soft, matte surface that keeps the colour hushed rather than glossy.

deep forest olive plain none smart upholstery

Ask Ruth about this fabric See it in your room

See this fabric on Manuel Canovas's own site, then order it through us.

About this fabric

This 100% cotton fabric has a restrained plain appearance, with no visible repeat and an approx. 138cm width, making it a straightforward cloth to work with for upholstery projects. The colour is a deep woodland olive, so dark it pools into near-black at the edges, while the lighter areas reveal a muted green undertone. The surface looks smooth and evenly woven, giving the swatch a calm, tailored character rather than a decorative one. With the supplied √CM fire code and no performance features noted, it suits interiors where the priority is a refined natural cotton look in a grounded, atmospheric tone.

How to use it

Use this colourway on an armchair, banquette or headboard where its deep olive shade can anchor lighter woods, brass and stone. It also works well in low-light rooms, where the near-black depth creates a cosy, enveloping finish.

A rich, shadowy olive that brings depth to tailored seating and warm, layered interiors.

Manuel Canovas Orso Fabric

Specification

Care code: Q 8 < T 3
Composition: 100% Cotton
Fire code: √CM
Pattern repeat: V 0cm / H 0cm approx
Width: 138cm approx

Specification as published by Manuel Canovas. 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 Orso

The same book, other colourways.

Muted opal green plain cotton fabric with a soft matte finish

Orso Opale

Orso

Deep burgundy-red plain cotton swatch with a matte, close-woven surface

Orso Pourpre

Orso

Fresh moss green plain cotton fabric with a smooth matte finish

Orso Prairie

Orso

Deep prune burgundy cotton swatch with a smooth, near-solid finish

Orso Prune

Orso

Plain dusty rose pink cotton swatch with a soft matte surface

Orso Rose Ancien

Orso

Solid burnt orange cotton swatch with a softly textured plain weave

Orso Rouille

Orso

Deep garnet red plain cotton fabric swatch with a smooth, dense surface

Orso Rubis

Orso

Deep teal blue plain cotton swatch with a smooth, matte surface

Orso Saphir

Orso

Plain deep forest green cotton fabric with a matte, softly shaded surface

Orso Sapin

Orso

Plain muted sage green cotton fabric with a soft matte texture

Orso Sauge

Orso

Warm taupe plain cotton fabric swatch with a smooth matte finish

Orso Taupe

Orso

Deep burnt terracotta plain woven cotton fabric swatch

Orso Terre Cuite

Orso

See the whole collection

Pairs well with

Orso Sous Bois 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.

Deep olive green cotton fabric with fine vertical ribbed stripes

Roma Foret

Roma

Olive green botanical fabric with tan leafy pattern and textured weave

Altamira Olive

Eden Collection

Olive green woven damask fabric with leaf medallions on a muted ground

Caribou Olive

Eden Collection

Muted willow olive fabric with raised ivory triangles in a tactile geometric weave

Adisa Willow

Amara

Muted willow-olive weave with cream dotted circles in a regular geometric repeat

Kiko Willow

Amara

Repeat floral swatch on a muted olive-beige ground with blue-green and pink leaves

Broadleaf Olive

Ashdown

Olive leopard spot fabric on a warm beige ground, small-scale woven texture

Chester Olive

Chester

Jeanneret Moss

Chandigarh Fabrics

Gavanti Granite

Gavanti

Crumpled sage olive fabric with dark shadowed folds and a subtle sheen

Alchemy Sage

Alchemy

Muted olive checked fabric on a pale textured ground, seen flat

Eton FR Olive

Henley FR

Olive-linden fabric with repeating cream zigzags and a fine textured surface

Moriko Linden

Colour 1 Fabrics

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

Carbon

Sanderson · #36353b

To stand against it

Etruscan Red

Farrow & Ball · #7f5348

Other olive fabrics

Across the houses we hold. See all 2,014.

Soft pistachio olive linen swatch with fine visible weave and subtle slubs

Mia Pistache

Mia

Muted moss-green linen swatch with a fine slubby weave and subtle tonal texture

Mia Prairie

Mia

Muted kaki olive plain cotton fabric swatch with a soft matte texture

Nura Kaki

Nura III

Plain muted olive green cotton fabric swatch with a fine smooth weave

Nura Olive

Nura III

Close-up of mossy olive woven fabric with a small abstract zigzag pattern

Titus Mousse

Palto

Olive-sage wallpaper with cream palm trees, pineapples and fine botanical linework

Cote d'Azur Wallpaper Sauge

Papiers Peints Vol 7

Lush khaki botanical wallpaper with dark palm fronds, pale leaves and yellow blooms

Salengro Wallpaper Kaki

Papiers Peints Vol 7

Muted ochre wallpaper with sweeping ivory acanthus foliage and delicate sprigs

Volanges Wallpaper Ocre

Papiers Peints Vol 7

Olive-green wallpaper with pale scenic vignettes, urns, flowers and trailing foliage

Sansha Wallpaper Prairie

Papiers Peints Vol 9

Close-up of olive and sage leaf-patterned woven fabric with textured repeat

Barbade Mousse

Paros

Deep moss olive plain-woven fabric swatch with a soft matte finish

Rivoli Cactus

Rivoli III

Muted olive green plain woven fabric swatch with a soft matte finish

Rivoli Feuille

Rivoli III