Simon Houlding Upholstery
Cool grey carpet with dense salt-and-pepper texture and softly mottled pile

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Silk Shadow

Primo Tweeds Carpet

Silk Shadow is a pale, cool silver-grey carpet with a densely nubby surface and gently mottled appearance. Its fine tonal variation gives the colour depth without forming a distinct pattern.

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About this fabric

The surface combines light grey, charcoal and soft off-white fibres in a close, irregular fleck, creating a softly shaded finish rather than a flat block colour. Its compact, textured pile is clearly visible across the swatch, with small changes in tone catching the light. This colourway feels cool, understated and quietly relaxed, making the grey read as softened rather than stark. Silk Shadow is catalogued in Cormar’s Easy Clean category.

How to use it

Use this cool silver-grey tone where a calm, light-neutral foundation is wanted, pairing it with charcoal, pale timber or muted blue accents. The flecked texture can help add depth to otherwise simple upholstery.

The cool silver-grey flecking brings a softly casual, tonal finish to upholstered pieces.

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Silk Shadow 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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