Dark elephant grey textured fabric with shimmering ripples and fine speckled sheen

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Fryett's Fabrics

Zinc Elephant

Name: Zinc Elephant
Brand: Fryett's Fabrics

Zinc Elephant has a dark, cool grey ground with a softly shimmering finish that catches the light across its rippled surface. The tonal texture gives the fabric a sleek, modern depth rather than a flat plain look.

cool elephant grey textured small smart upholstery

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

About this fabric

From Fryett's Fabrics' Glamour collection, Zinc Elephant is a 100% polyester fabric with a 140cm width and a 20cm pattern repeat. The swatch reads as a deep elephant grey with silvery highlights, where the raised ripples and fine speckled texture create a subtle directional sheen. Its surface has a polished, almost liquid look in the folds, while the darker background keeps the overall effect grounded and sophisticated. This makes it a strong choice when you want a contemporary neutral with visible texture and a little glamour.

How to use it

Use this cool grey colourway on a tailored chair, ottoman or headboard to bring in understated sheen without adding colour. It pairs well with black, chrome and pale stone tones for a crisp, urban scheme.

A sleek dark neutral that adds subtle depth without overpowering a scheme.

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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Zinc Elephant 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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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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