Simon Houlding Upholstery
Warm grey woven fabric with rows of shaded elephant motifs

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Harlequin

Savanna Elephant

Colour 3 Fabrics FabricHAF0076-01

Savanna Elephant presents orderly rows of finely illustrated elephants in a warm, stone-grey colourway. The pale ground keeps the detailed animal figures feeling light, while darker shading gives each motif depth.

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About this fabric

This 314 gsm textile has a 137 cm usable width and a 45 cm vertical by 34.3 cm horizontal pattern repeat. The design shows side-on elephants with curling trunks, rendered in charcoal and mid-grey linework over a softly warm grey ground. Subtle tonal variation across the figures creates a gently brushed appearance rather than a flat, high-contrast print. With 59 threads per centimetre, the cloth has a close, tactile surface suited to both upholstery and drapery.

How to use it

Pair the warm elephant-grey ground with natural oak, putty walls and charcoal accents for a collected, quietly characterful scheme. On a chair or footstool, the repeating animal scale adds wit without introducing a strong colour.

Use this warm grey elephant repeat to bring character to upholstered seating, cushions or softly tailored curtains.

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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

Elephant Grey

Zoffany · #9f9f95

To stand against it

Ink

Zoffany · #3f3f49

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