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Close-up of soft elephant grey plain woven fabric with subtle slub texture

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Malvern Elephant

Plains & Semi Plains Fabric

Malvern Elephant is a quietly textured plain in a cool, soft grey with a subtle woven surface. The shade reads smooth and understated, with tiny highlights that stop it from looking flat.

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About this fabric

From Fryett's Fabrics' Plains & Semi Plains collection, Malvern Elephant is composed of 80% polyester and 20% cotton. It has a 140cm width and a 0cm pattern repeat, making it an uncomplicated plain for straightforward cutting and use. Visually, the fabric shows a muted elephant grey ground with fine crosswise slubbing and a light, linen-like texture that catches the light softly. The overall effect is cool and smart rather than heavy, giving the colourway a clean, contemporary depth.

How to use it

Use this grey with pale timber, graphite accents or crisp white linens for a calm, tailored look. Its restrained tone also works well as a neutral backdrop for bolder cushions or layered texture.

A calm, versatile grey that works neatly across upholstery and drapery schemes.

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Pairs well with

Malvern 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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