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Close view of dark slate-grey weave with fine irregular horizontal striations

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Layer Slate

Profile Fabric

Layer Slate presents a deep slate-grey ground with a quiet, close-woven texture. Fine horizontal shifts in tone catch across the surface, keeping the dark colour gently dimensional.

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About this fabric

Layer Slate is catalogued as a fabric in Kirkby Design’s Profile collection. The colour reads as a deep, cool slate grey rather than a flat black, with fine lighter threads breaking up the dark ground. Short, irregular horizontal lines run across the close weave, giving the surface softly weathered tactile depth. No performance features or further specification data are noted for this colourway.

How to use it

Use this cool slate-grey colourway to add definition to a neutral room, where its subtle tonal variation can sit comfortably beside pale timber, stone or soft grey furnishings.

Use the cool slate-grey tone to bring quiet depth to upholstery, curtains or layered neutral schemes.

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