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J Brown

Paolo Woodland

Paolo Fabric184

Paolo Woodland is a close-textured plain with a soft olive-brown cast and a quietly speckled surface. The colour sits low and earthy, with enough depth to feel grounded rather than flat.

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About this fabric

This Woodland colourway reads as an olive-tinged brown with a muted, mossy warmth and a tactile nubby weave that softens the surface. The fabric is composed of 52% polyester and 48% cotton, and its 40,000 Martindale rating and Heavy Domestic usage make it suitable for hardworking seating. It is supplied back coated to Cigarette & Match to BS5852, and after care is professional dry clean in situ. The plain design and compact texture give it a calm, upholstery-led finish that feels practical without looking harsh.

How to use it

Use Woodland on sofas, banquettes or dining chairs where a warm, understated tone is needed. It pairs naturally with oak, leather, clay and soft off-whites, and its earthy depth works especially well in relaxed, layered interiors.

A grounded olive-brown that works well on tailored seating and warm, natural 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

Rocky

Coat Paints · #5f584c

To stand against it

Quartz Grey

Zoffany · #b4b4be

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