Deep plum bouclé with a dense, softly mottled nubby texture

Tap the swatch to see it larger. Colours on a screen are a guide, not a match, so come and feel the real cloth.

Isle Mill

Orkney Plum

Name: Orkney Plum
Brand: Isle Mill

Orkney Plum is a richly shaded, near-black plum bouclé with a softly irregular surface. Its deep colour gives the swatch a moody, enveloping presence, while subtle tonal variation keeps it from appearing flat.

deep muted plum plain none luxe upholstery

Ask Ruth about this fabric See it in your room

See this fabric on Isle Mill's own site, then order it through us.

About this fabric

The visible weave is dense and nubby, with small flecks of plum, aubergine and shadowed purple creating a softly mottled finish. Light catches the raised bouclé fibres in scattered highlights, revealing texture without introducing a separate pattern. This substantial-looking surface reads particularly well for upholstered furniture, where its dark tone can give a chair, headboard or sofa a grounded, cocooning feel. No performance features or further specification data are noted for this exact fabric, so project suitability should be confirmed for the intended use.

How to use it

Pair Orkney Plum with smoked timber, aged brass and warm neutrals to balance its cool, deep purple tone. It would make a dramatic upholstery choice for a reading chair, banquette or compact sofa in a low-lit room.

Use this deep plum bouclé to bring rich, tactile depth to upholstered seating and occasional pieces.

Isle Mill Orkney Boucle Fabric

More from Orkney Boucle

The same book, other colourways.

Warm champagne beige boucle with soft cream highlights and a fuzzy, flecked surface

Orkney Champagne

Orkney Boucle

Orkney Porcelain

Orkney Boucle

Warm buff-brown bouclé fabric with a softly mottled, nubby surface

Orkney Buff

Orkney Boucle

Dark charcoal-black bouclé with dense nubby loops and softly mottled texture

Orkney Black

Orkney Boucle

Deep smoky blue bouclé fabric with irregular nubby texture and darker mottled flecks

Orkney Blue

Orkney Boucle

Deep navy boucle swatch showing a dense, shadowed nubby weave

Orkney Navy

Orkney Boucle

Deep brown-plum mauve bouclé swatch showing dense, irregular nubby texture

Orkney Mauve

Orkney Boucle

Close-up of muted blue-teal bouclé with a softly mottled, nubby texture

Orkney Celestial

Orkney Boucle

Mottled Adriatic blue-green boucle with a soft, nubby woven surface

Orkney Adriatic

Orkney Boucle

Deep pine-green boucle with a dense, softly mottled nubby texture

Orkney Pine

Orkney Boucle

Mottled moss-green bouclé with a dense, softly brushed looped texture

Orkney Orchard

Orkney Boucle

Close view of olive-wasabi bouclé with a softly mottled, nubby pile

Orkney Wasabi

Orkney Boucle

See the whole collection

Pairs well with

Orkney Plum 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.

Pantigre Rose Litchi Wallpaper

Nouveaux Mondes WALLPAPER

Amethyst purple and lilac feather-fan marbling with blue and plum accents

Pavone Amethyst

Botanica Fabric

Amethyst and lilac marbled fan motifs with silver-white feathered lines

Pavone Amethyst/Gilver

Botanica Wallpaper

Corcione Violet

Astrakhan Fabrics

Junani Violet

Indupala Fabrics

Violet velvet with coral and orange birds, pink flowers and curling botanical motifs

Quetzal Velvet Violet

Mythica Fabrics

Ivory wallpaper with violet winged horses, magenta foliage and blue mythic motifs

Odyssey Mythos Violet

Mythica Wallcoverings

Mercury Mauve

Glamour

Amethyst, lapis and ruby botanical blooms on a pale lilac wallpaper ground

Wonderland Floral Wide Width Amethyst/Lapis/Ruby

Harlequin X Sophie Robinson Wallpapers

Plum-purple linen fabric with large-scale botanical flowers and winding foliage

Octavie Figue

Ondine

Deep prune velvet fabric with fine abstract mottled pattern and soft sheen

Velours Moorea Prune

Velours Tosca

Aubergine wallpaper with ochre tulips, scrolling leaves and dense wine-toned botanical detail

Windrush Aubergine/Wine

Morris and Friends Wallpapers

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

Carbon

Sanderson · #36353b

To stand against it

Brassica

Farrow & Ball · #8d838c

Other purple fabrics

Across the houses we hold. See all 1,206.

Close-up of light mauve woven fabric with raised interlocking wave lines

Waulkmill Light Mauve

Rosslyn Park

Close-up of smooth muted orchid-lilac fabric with a fine sateen weave

Liso Orchid

Liso Sateen

Deep plum fabric with softly mottled, tactile texture and subtle burgundy-purple variation

Crammond Plum

Inchcolm Abbey

Pale lavender sheer with cool grey flecks and a fine vertical-textured weave

Lujo Lavender

Sencillo Sheers

Close-up of pale greyed lavender sheer fabric with a fine textured weave

Delgado Lavender

Sencillo Sheers

Close-up of muted berry-mauve fabric with charcoal flecks and a fine granular weave

Tummel Berry

Sloane Square

Close-up of muted lavender-grey sateen with fine horizontal woven texture

Liso Lavender

Liso Sateen

Deep aubergine sateen weave with a dark brown-purple sheen

Liso Aubergine

Liso Sateen

Close-up of grey-lavender woven fabric with broken vertical chevron texture

Ashton Lavender

Ashton Lane

Muted lavender-grey woven fabric with fine irregular vertical stripes and tactile slub texture

Ashton Stripe Lavender

Ashton Lane

Smoky grey-lavender woven fabric with an irregular, softly mottled surface

Ashton Texture Lavender

Ashton Lane

Pale cool lilac textile with a fine diagonal micro-weave and greyed surface

Queensway Soft Lilac

Queensway Silk Blend