Simon Houlding Upholstery
Dark cocoa and warm taupe textured weave with swirling zebra-like stripes

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House of Hackney

EQUUS Recycled Performance - Cocoa

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EQUUS Recycled Performance in Cocoa combines a deep cocoa ground with warm taupe, irregular zebra-like stripes. The large-scale pattern shifts between sweeping curves, tight ripples and expressive animal forms across the swatch.

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About this fabric

The dark cocoa tone gives this colourway a grounded, enveloping depth, while the pale taupe markings create strong contrast without appearing stark white. Its visibly substantial, textured woven surface supports an upholstery-led classification, particularly for pieces where the bold pattern can be seen at scale. The motif gathers into swirling, almost sculptural forms, with the stripe direction changing across the design rather than following a regular repeat. No composition, width or rub-test specification has been supplied for this fabric.

How to use it

Pair the cocoa ground with warm timber, aged brass and soft taupe upholstery accents for a richly layered room. On a statement chair or ottoman, the sweeping stripe formations can act almost like an abstract artwork.

Use this richly contrasting cocoa and taupe textile to bring graphic drama to a statement chair, sofa or ottoman.

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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.

To sit quietly behind it

Olivine

Zoffany · #726e62

To stand against it

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