Close-up of a warm olive-brown plain woven fabric with subtle texture

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J Brown

Palermo Bark

Name: Palermo Bark
Brand: J Brown
SKU: 18

Palermo Bark reads as a muted, earthy brown with an olive cast and a softly mottled surface. The close plain weave gives it a grounded, textural look rather than a flat block of colour.

warm olive brown plain none relaxed upholstery

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See this fabric on J Brown's own site, then order it through us.

About this fabric

This Palermo colourway is made from 100% polyester and is suitable for general domestic use, with a Martindale rating of 25,000. The fabric has a compact plain structure that appears slightly heathered in the image, giving the bark-brown base a gentle olive warmth and a subdued, lived-in finish. It is supplied back coated to Cigarette & Match to BS5852, and machine washable at 30 degrees or suitable for professional dry clean in situ. The overall effect is practical and understated, with enough texture to keep the colour from feeling heavy.

How to use it

Use Palermo Bark on a sofa, dining chair or banquette where you want a dark neutral that feels warmer than charcoal. It works especially well with tan leather, aged brass and deep green accents.

A quietly versatile earthy neutral that softens modern seating and layers easily with timber or leather.

J Brown Palermo Fabric

Specification

Aftercare: Machine washable at 30 degrees or professional dry clean in situ, please refer to the pattern book for further care instructions
Composition: 100% Polyester
Designs in the collection: 31
Fire rating: Supplied Back coated to Cigarette & Match to BS5852, other treatments are available upon request.
Rub test (martindale): 25,000 rubs
Style: Plains
Suitable for: General 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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Palermo Bark 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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