Simon Houlding Upholstery
Dense black and soft ivory houndstooth wallpaper with a finely textured, graphic surface

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Harlequin

Houndstooth Wide Width Black Earth/Soft Focus

Idyllic Wallcoverings WallpaperHAW0289-04

Black Earth/Soft Focus pairs a deep, earthy near-black with a softened ivory ground in a tightly repeated houndstooth. The close-set motif creates a crisp, graphic surface with a subtly softened contrast rather than a stark black-and-white effect.

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About this wallpaper

This Harlequin wallpaper has a 52 cm usable width and is supplied in a standard 10.05 m length. Its small houndstooth repeat measures 2.3 cm vertically, while the horizontal repeat is listed as 0 cm. In the swatch, the dark shapes read as warm charcoal-black against muted ivory, giving the pattern visual depth while retaining its tailored definition.

How to use it

Use it on a study, hallway or reading nook where the warm black-and-ivory contrast can bring structure to timber, leather and quiet neutral furnishings. Its small scale works particularly well across a whole wall or as a disciplined backdrop to stronger accent pieces.

Use this high-contrast, finely scaled houndstooth to add tailored definition to walls without introducing colour.

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