Close view of cool steel-grey fabric with a fine, peppered woven texture

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Kirkby Design

Gobi Steel

Name: Gobi Steel
Brand: Kirkby Design

Gobi Fabric

Gobi Steel is a cool, deep steel grey with a finely mottled surface that gives the plain textile subtle movement. Its close weave reads quietly textured rather than patterned.

cool steel grey plain small smart upholstery

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About this fabric

The image shows intermingled charcoal, grey and blue-grey fibres, creating a softly peppered steel tone rather than a flat solid colour. The fine woven texture catches the light in tiny variations across the surface, adding depth without a directional motif. This textile is best classified for upholstery from its dense, substantial-looking weave. No performance features or further specification data are noted for this exact fabric.

How to use it

Use Gobi Steel on a tailored sofa, dining chair or ottoman where its cool blue-grey depth can balance pale timber, warm metal and softly coloured walls. Its restrained texture also suits tonal layering with charcoal and mineral-grey accents.

Use this cool steel-grey upholstery to bring a refined, quietly textured finish to contemporary seating.

Kirkby Design Gobi Fabric

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Gobi Steel 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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