Pale misty blue woven fabric swatch with fine linen texture

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Colefax and Fowler

Carnforth Old Blue

Name: Carnforth Old Blue
Brand: Colefax and Fowler
SKU: F4799-08

Tarn FabricF4799-08

Carnforth Old Blue shows a pale, washed blue lifted by fine linen slubbing and a calm, even surface. The effect is light and airy rather than bright, with just enough texture to stop the colour from feeling flat.

soft muted blue plain none relaxed 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

This fabric has no visible repeat, so the eye reads the colour and weave rather than a pattern. The 139cm approximate width and composition of 41% viscose, 40% linen, 11% cotton, 5% acrylic and 3% polyester make it a practical decorative textile with a natural-looking handle and a softly structured finish. In this swatch, the blue sits very cool and misty, with a faint silver cast that catches the light across the weave. The result is quietly tailored and easy to live with, and the Q 8 + T 3 care code plus √BM fire rating support everyday domestic use.

How to use it

Use it for relaxed curtains, cushions or a tailored armchair where its pale blue can brighten oak, painted timber or chalky neutrals. It works especially well in rooms that need colour without weight, because the shade stays airy even over larger surfaces.

Its pale, chalky blue tone keeps a room feeling fresh and understated.

Colefax and Fowler Tarn Fabric

Specification

Care code: Q 8 + T 3
Composition: 41% Viscose, 40% Linen, 11% Cotton, 5% Acrylic, 3% Polyester
Fire code: √BM
Pattern repeat: V 0cm / H 0cm approx
Width: 139cm 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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Carnforth Old Blue 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.

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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

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To stand against it

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