Close-up of warm custard-yellow fabric with a softly rippled square grid texture

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Kirkby Design

Merlon Custard

Name: Merlon Custard
Brand: Kirkby Design

Heir Fabric

Merlon Custard brings a rich, warm custard-yellow tone to the Heir collection, with a tactile square grid that bends softly across the surface. The close-up shows a dimensional textile whose golden colour changes subtly as light catches the raised lines.

warm custard yellow abstract medium smart upholstery

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About this fabric

This upholstery-weight-looking fabric has a structured grid relief, with gently irregular horizontal and vertical lines creating softly rounded squares rather than a rigid check. Its custard yellow is warm and sunny, with deeper golden shading in the recesses and lighter highlights across the raised texture. The rippled surface gives the colour added depth, preventing it from reading as a flat or overly sharp yellow. No performance features are noted in the supplied specification for this colourway.

How to use it

Use Merlon Custard to add warm golden energy to a statement armchair, upholstered bench or headboard, pairing its tactile grid with quieter creams, natural woods and soft neutral textiles.

Use this warm custard yellow on a statement chair, sofa or headboard to bring golden brightness and tactile structure to the room.

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