Pale butter-cream Flax fabric showing a fine, softly irregular woven texture

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Kirkby Design

Flax Butter

Name: Flax Butter
Brand: Kirkby Design

Flax Fabric

Flax Butter is a pale, warm cream textile with the gentle yellowed cast of butter rather than a stark or cool ivory. Its surface appears quietly woven, with a fine, barely irregular texture that gives the plain ground a soft sense of depth.

warm butter cream plain none relaxed both

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About this fabric

The colour reads as a light flaxen cream, with a mellow warmth that becomes more apparent across the swatch’s softly shaded surface. A restrained plain weave is visible on close inspection, adding delicate vertical and horizontal variation without introducing a discernible motif. The fabric’s even, mid-weight-looking handle makes it a versatile choice for both upholstery and drapery. No performance features are noted in the supplied specification for this colourway.

How to use it

Use Flax Butter to bring warmth to an otherwise pale scheme: it would sit comfortably on relaxed seating, cushions or full-length curtains alongside natural timber, chalky whites and soft beige accents. Its buttery undertone is especially useful where a cooler ivory would feel too stark.

Its warm, pale butter tone and understated weave suit calm upholstery, cushions and softly filtered curtains.

Kirkby Design Flax Fabric

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