Mottled lichen olive velvet swatch showing soft, shifting highlights across the plush pile

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Dedar

Nuvolari Lichen

Name: Nuvolari Lichen
Brand: Dedar
SKU: 021

Nuvolari Lichen is a muted olive velvet with the softly clouded appearance of lichen across its surface. Its plush pile catches the light unevenly, creating gentle tonal movement rather than a flat green.

muted lichen olive plain none luxe upholstery

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About this fabric

Catalogued as Velvet, Nuvolari Lichen has a visibly plush surface with a subtly mottled, brushed appearance. The colour sits between lichen green, olive and soft loden, with cooler greyed areas breaking through the warmer olive ground. Light picking up across the pile creates pale, hazy highlights alongside deeper shaded patches, giving the plain surface quiet depth. Its substantial velvet character makes it especially suited to upholstered furniture where this nuanced green can read as both earthy and refined.

How to use it

Use Nuvolari Lichen on a reading chair, footstool or sofa to introduce a softened olive note without the brightness of a saturated green. Pair it with warm timber, stone neutrals and aged brass so the pile’s shifting lichen tones remain the focus.

Use its softly shaded olive pile to bring quiet depth to upholstered seating and occasional pieces.

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