Close-up of a deep anthracite grey plain woven fabric with subtle speckling

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Carrera Anthracite

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Carrera Anthracite is a pared-back plain with a deep charcoal-grey look and a dry, lightly peppered surface. The shade sits cool and grounded, with subtle tonal variation that lifts the weave in the light.

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About this fabric

Woven in 100% polyester, Carrera Anthracite is specified for contract use and offers a robust 80,000 Martindale, making it well suited to demanding upholstery schemes. The fabric is supplied back coated to Cigarette & Match to BS5852, with other treatments available on request, and can be professionally cleaned in situ or washed at 40℃. Visually, this colourway reads as a dense anthracite grey with softer smoky highlights and the occasional tiny fleck, giving the plain a practical but refined texture. Its low-key, matte appearance keeps the surface calm rather than glossy, which helps it sit comfortably in modern commercial interiors.

How to use it

Use this anthracite plain on banquettes, task chairs, or contract stools where a disciplined, darker neutral is needed. It pairs neatly with pale timber, concrete tones, and crisp off-white finishes for a sharp contemporary contrast.

A hard-wearing charcoal plain that suits contract seating and tailored schemes.

J Brown Carrera Fabric

Specification

Composition: 100% Polyester
Designs in the collection: 39
Rub test (Martindale): 80,000 rubs
Suitable for: Contract
Style: Plains
Fire rating: Supplied Back coated to Cigarette & Match to BS5852, other treatments are available upon request.
Aftercare: Professional Clean in situ or Washable at 40℃, please refer to the pattern book for further care instructions

Specification as published by J Brown. 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.

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Carrera Anthracite 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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