Close-up of a deep slate blue plain weave fabric with fine nubby texture

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J Brown

Paolo Sapphire

Name: Paolo Sapphire
Brand: J Brown
SKU: 157

Paolo Fabric157

Paolo Sapphire is a compact plain weave in a deep slate-blue tone with a softly speckled surface. Its close texture gives the colour a grounded, tailored look rather than a flat finish.

deep slate blue plain none smart upholstery

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About this fabric

This colourway reads as a cool, muted blue with grey undertones, so the surface feels calm and substantial in the light. The visible small-scale weave adds texture and a slightly nubbly hand, which suits the fabric’s Heavy Domestic usage. It is composed of 52% Polyester and 48% Cotton, with a Martindale rating of 40,000, making it a practical choice for everyday seating. Supplied back coated to Cigarette & Match to BS5852, it has the reassuring performance expected of an upholstery textile with a neat, understated appearance.

How to use it

Use Paolo Sapphire on a sofa, banquette or dining chairs where a cooler blue anchor is needed. It pairs especially well with pale oak, chalky neutrals and brushed metal finishes for a crisp, contemporary scheme.

A cool, grounded blue that gives upholstery a calm, tailored finish.

J Brown Paolo Fabric

Specification

Aftercare: Professional Dry Clean in situ, please refer to the pattern book for further care instructions
Composition: 52% Polyester 48% Cotton
Designs in the collection: 54
Fire rating: Supplied Back coated to Cigarette & Match to BS5852
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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Paolo Sapphire 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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Outline

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

Nocturne

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To stand against it

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