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Warm mink taupe plain woven cotton swatch with fine ribbed texture Porter & Stone

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Carrera Mink

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Carrera Mink is a quietly shaded taupe with a warm mink cast and a subtle woven surface that softens the overall look.

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About this fabric

Carrera Mink from Porter & Stone’s Leon collection is woven in 100% cotton and supplied at 140cm wide with no pattern repeat. The swatch reads as a muted mink taupe, with a gentle warmth rather than a cool grey edge. Its fine ribbed texture catches the light in soft, understated lines, giving the plain surface more depth without introducing a visible motif. With care instructions AQW1< noted, it feels suited to pieces where a neat, tailored finish is wanted.

How to use it

Use this colourway on upholstered chairs, headboards or a pared-back sofa where its warm taupe tone can sit alongside oak, stone and linen. It also works well as a grounding neutral in rooms with darker timber or brushed metal accents.

A calm, warm taupe that works beautifully on tailored seating and soft neutrals.

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Carrera Mink 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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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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