Close-up of warm clay terracotta fabric with a fine, softly mottled woven texture

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Kirkby Design

Gobi Clay

Name: Gobi Clay
Brand: Kirkby Design

Gobi Fabric

Gobi Clay is a warm, muted terracotta fabric with a finely textured, close-woven surface. Its softly mottled clay tone gives the plain design gentle depth without introducing a visible motif.

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About this fabric

Catalogued as a fabric, Gobi Clay presents an all-over plain surface rather than a printed pattern. Warm clay, dusty terracotta and fine brown flecks combine across the swatch to create a softly variegated appearance. The close, even weave makes the colour feel earthy and settled, while tiny tonal shifts stop the surface from appearing flat. Its restrained texture and low-key colour give this colourway a relaxed, quietly tactile character.

How to use it

Use Gobi Clay to bring a grounded warmth to a neutral room, pairing its dusty terracotta tone with oatmeal, stone, warm grey or dark timber. The fine woven texture works equally well across upholstered pieces and softly tailored window treatments.

A warm, softly textured clay tone that brings earthy depth to upholstery, curtains and layered neutral schemes.

Kirkby Design Gobi Fabric

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Gobi Clay 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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