Shiny smoky taupe abstract fabric with rippling metallic highlights

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Fryett's Fabrics

Mercury Willow

Name: Mercury Willow
Brand: Fryett's Fabrics

Mercury Willow has a liquid, metallic look with rippling highlights over a smoky taupe ground. The design feels softly opulent, with a cool sheen that shifts as the light moves across the surface.

smoky willow taupe abstract large luxe upholstery

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See this fabric on Fryett's Fabrics's own site, then order it through us.

About this fabric

Mercury Willow from Fryett's Fabrics’ Glamour collection is a 100% polyester fabric, 140cm wide, with a 20cm pattern repeat and care code AQV8<. The swatch shows a highly reflective taupe-grey base with silvery glints and darker shadowed folds that give the pattern a fluid, almost hammered-metal effect. Its surface reads smooth and glossy rather than plush, making the abstract pattern feel bold and contemporary. The overall tone is muted but luminous, so it brings depth without the warmth of beige or the softness of a plain neutral.

How to use it

Pair this smoky willow taupe with walnut woods, smoked glass and matte black accents for a polished scheme. It works especially well on occasional chairs, scatter cushions or a statement headboard where the sheen can do the talking.

Use for statement seating or cushions where the pearly sheen and soft taupe tones can catch the light.

Fryett's Fabrics Glamour Fabric

Specification

Care: AQV8<
Composition: 100% polyester
Pattern repeat: 20cm
Width: 140cm

Specification as published by Fryett's Fabrics. 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.

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