Elephant grey plain woven fabric with a fine, subtly textured surface

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Harlequin

Empower Plain Elephant Grey

The house has discontinued this one. We are keeping the page so the link still works, but we can no longer order it. There are alternatives below, and if you have a cutting or a photograph we will help you match it.

Empower Plain in Elephant Grey is a calm, cool-toned textile with a softly mottled plain surface. The close weave gives the swatch a subtle tonal depth rather than a completely flat grey appearance.

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About this fabric

This colourway reads as a restrained elephant grey, sitting between charcoal and pale stone with a gently cool cast. Its plain construction has no visible pattern repeat, while the fine woven texture catches the light in delicate shifts across the surface. At 235 gsm, it is a versatile mid-weight suitable for both upholstery and drapery, without suggesting a heavy pile or bulky handle. The fabric has a 143 cm usable width, a 40 m standard length and 106 threads per centimetre.

How to use it

Use Elephant Grey to give a tailored sofa, occasional chair or full-length curtain a composed, modern foundation. Its cool depth pairs naturally with chalky whites, pale timber, brushed metal and blue-grey accents.

A cool, understated grey plain weave that brings quiet structure to upholstery, curtains and layered neutral schemes.

Harlequin Empower Plain Fabric

Specification

Usable width: 143 cm
Standard length: 40 m
Vertical repeat: 0 cm
Horizontal repeat: 0 cm
Threads per cm: 106
Weight: 235 gsm

Specification as published by Harlequin. We will confirm the current details with them before you order.

Made up by us

Every metre we order is cut, sewn and fitted in our own Heybridge workshop, with Simon over every stage. Reupholstery, bespoke pieces, curtains, blinds and headboards.

Pairs well with

Empower Plain Elephant Grey 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.

To sit quietly behind it

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To stand against it

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