Close-up of pale olive cream woven plain fabric with fine hessian texture

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J Brown

Evergreen Hessian

Name: Evergreen Hessian
Brand: J Brown
SKU: 137

Evergreen Hessian reads as a soft, pale olive cream with a gentle woven grain across the surface. The close-up texture gives it a calm, natural presence rather than a flat solid finish.

soft pale olive plain small relaxed upholstery

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About this fabric

This plain fabric from the Evergreen collection is made from 100% Recycled Plastic and is specified for Heavy Domestic use, with a 40,000 Martindale rating. In this colourway, the tiny woven structure creates a subtle hessian-like effect, with muted creamy-beige notes lifted by a faint green cast. The surface looks slightly nubbly and matt, so the shade feels organic and softly textural rather than bright or crisp. It is supplied back coated to Cigarette & Match to BS5852, and professional dry clean in situ is advised.

How to use it

Use this soft olive-cream tone on an armchair, banquette or headboard where you want texture without visual heaviness. It sits comfortably with oak, rattan and chalky neutrals, and the subdued green undertone keeps it from feeling too warm.

A quietly textured neutral that softens larger pieces and layers easily with timber and natural linens.

J Brown Evergreen Fabric

Specification

Aftercare: Professional Dry Clean in situ, please refer to the pattern book for further care instructions
Composition: 100% Recycled Plastic
Designs in the collection: 32
Fire rating: Supplied Back coated to Cigarette & Match to BS5852, other treatments are available upon request.
Rub test (martindale): 40,000 rubs
Style: Plains
Suitable for: Heavy Domestic

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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Evergreen Hessian 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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