Simon Houlding Upholstery
Pale opal blue-grey fabric with fine, weathered horizontal striations

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Emma Shipley

Sylph Opal

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Sylph Opal is a very pale, cool blue-grey textile with a softly opalescent cast. Its close-up surface shows fine, weathered horizontal striations rather than a distinct printed motif.

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About this fabric

The colour reads as a muted blue-grey with a light, almost silvery depth, giving the surface a calm and airy appearance. Fine broken lines run horizontally across the cloth, adding restrained texture while keeping the overall face visually quiet. At 93 gsm and 137 cm usable width, this is a fine textile best suited to drapery and light window treatments. Both the vertical and horizontal pattern repeats are listed as 0 cm, and the standard length is 40 m.

How to use it

Pair Sylph Opal with chalky whites, pale timber and cool stone for a light, quiet scheme. Its blue-grey cast also works as a soft contrast against deeper slate or smoky teal accents.

Use this cool, pale blue-grey cloth for softly diffused curtains and understated window treatments.

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Sylph Opal 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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