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Flax Putty
Flax Fabric
Flax Putty is a softly muted taupe textile with the warm, chalky character of natural flax. Its understated plain weave gives the surface gentle depth without introducing a visible pattern.
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About this fabric
The close weave appears in a warm putty-taupe shade, balanced between beige and grey rather than strongly favouring either. Fine horizontal and vertical threads create a restrained linen-like texture, with slight tonal variation visible across the swatch. The matte finish keeps the colour relaxed and natural, while the even surface gives it enough neatness for both upholstery and drapery applications.
How to use it
Use this warm putty taupe on relaxed seating, simple curtains or upholstered headboards, alongside ivory, mushroom, pale oak and soft grey. Its low-contrast texture works especially well where the room needs warmth without a strong pattern.
Pair this softly textured putty taupe with chalky neutrals, pale timber and natural finishes for a calm, quietly layered scheme.
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Pairs well with
Flax Putty 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.
Simla Putty
Simla
Ontario Mole
Eden Collection
Thurlow Taupe
Essential Weaves Vol 1
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Alfresco Indoor Outdoor Fabric
Arcata Linen
Alfresco Indoor Outdoor Weaves
Fuchsia Wallpaper Grey/Green
Ashdown Wallpaper
Riolo Linen
Canossa Fabrics
Lustro Tbc
Majolica Wallpaper
Amsee Geometric Castle Wall
Heritage Wallpaper
Chantilly Natural
Acacia
Nevis Check Heather
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Gardinum Linen/Chalk/Ebony
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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
Double Pebble
Zoffany · #c0b194
To stand against it
Tabac
Zoffany · #5a5051
Other taupe fabrics
Across the houses we hold. See all 4,766.
