Soft silver-grey woven fabric with fine vertical slubs and a linen-like texture

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Colefax and Fowler

Carnforth Silver

Name: Carnforth Silver
Brand: Colefax and Fowler
SKU: F4799-14

Tarn FabricF4799-14

Carnforth Silver is a pale, softly striated grey that reads cool and airy in the cloth. The surface has a natural, linen-led texture with a gentle silvery lift in the light.

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About this fabric

Carnforth Silver from the Tarn collection by Colefax and Fowler is a 139cm-wide fabric with a subtle, almost chalky silver-grey finish. The weave shows fine vertical slubbing and a softly irregular texture, giving the cloth a natural, pared-back feel rather than a flat solid. Its composition of 41% viscose, 40% linen, 11% cotton, 5% acrylic and 3% polyester helps explain the slightly crisp, dry-looking handle visible in the image. With a repeat of V 0cm / H 0cm approx, the design presents as an understated plain that relies on texture and tone for interest. It is finished with care code Q 8 + T 3 and fire code √BM.

How to use it

Use this cool silver grey to soften tailored upholstery, or as a calm drapery fabric in rooms with pale timber, painted joinery or stone finishes. Its restrained sheen and woven depth keep it feeling crisp rather than stark.

A quietly refined silver grey that works beautifully across upholstery and curtains.

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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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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