Close-up of muted taupe-grey Basswood sateen with fine, subtle woven texture

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Isle Mill

Liso Basswood

Name: Liso Basswood
Brand: Isle Mill

Liso Basswood is a muted taupe-grey plain fabric with a quietly luminous sateen surface. Its restrained colour shifts softly between warm grey and earthy taupe across the swatch.

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About this fabric

The Basswood colourway has a subdued, mineral quality rather than a strong beige or cool grey cast. A fine, closely set weave gives the surface a smooth appearance, with delicate vertical texture visible on close inspection. The sateen finish catches the light gently, creating slight tonal variation without a pronounced shine. Its fine, fluid-looking construction makes it especially suited to understated drapery where a calm, continuous expanse of colour is desired.

How to use it

Use Basswood for full-length curtains in rooms layered with stone, mushroom and warm timber tones. Its quiet taupe-grey depth also works well alongside brushed metal and soft ivory upholstery.

A softly refined taupe-grey sateen for calm curtains and tonal room schemes.

Isle Mill Liso Sateen Fabric

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Liso Basswood 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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