Close-up of a stormy grey-green plain fabric with subtle textured striations

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J Brown

Modena Battleship

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Modena Battleship has a weathered, stone-like look with soft grey and green-brown tones shifting across the surface.

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About this fabric

This Battleship colourway reads as a muted grey-green with earthy brown undertones, giving the plain a calm, worn-in depth rather than a flat solid finish. The visible texture has a lightly striated, dry hand appearance that works well with the design’s plain character. Made in 100% polyester, it is specified for contract use and carries an 80,000 Martindale rating, making it a practical choice for busy schemes. It is supplied back coated to Cigarette & Match to BS5852, with professional dry clean in situ or washable at 40°C care guidance.

How to use it

Use it on a clean-lined sofa, banquette or contract chair where the cool, stoney tone can balance timber, black metal or pale oak. It also works well as a subdued backdrop in layered neutral schemes with linen, charcoal and muted olive accents.

A hard-wearing neutral that suits tailored upholstery and contract schemes.

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

Olivine

Zoffany · #726e62

To stand against it

Ocean Spray Light

Sanderson · #d9d9d9

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