Simon Houlding Upholstery
Midnight velvet with painted toucans, monkeys, flamingos, leaves and a near-black ground

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House of Hackney

HACKNEY EMPIRE Velvet - Midnight

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HACKNEY EMPIRE Velvet in Midnight sets vividly painted animals and curling leaves against a deep blue-black ground. The near-black shade gives the busy scene a nocturnal, theatrical depth, while touches of pink, rust, cream and blue catch the light.

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About this fabric

This velvet features a large-scale illustrated menagerie, including toucans, monkeys, flamingos, squirrels and other richly detailed creatures intertwined with pale leaves. Midnight reads as a cool, almost black navy rather than a flat black, creating strong contrast with the saturated jewel-like accents. The velvet construction makes it particularly suited to upholstery, where the dark ground can give a chair, headboard or sofa a dramatic presence. No additional performance specifications are supplied for this fabric.

How to use it

Use Midnight on a statement armchair, ottoman or occasional sofa in a richly layered room, pairing its blue-black depth with aged brass, warm timber and accents that pick up the artwork’s coral, pink and ochre tones.

Use this dark, theatrical velvet on statement upholstery where its jewel-toned animal illustrations can take centre stage.

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