Muted blue-green teal fabric with a fine, subtly varied plain weave texture

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Kirkby Design

Sahara Iii Balsam

Name: Sahara Iii Balsam
Brand: Kirkby Design

Sahara Iii Balsam is a quietly textured plain fabric in a muted blue-green teal. Its close weave gives the surface subtle tonal variation rather than a pronounced pattern.

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About this fabric

The Balsam colourway sits between teal and softened blue-green, with a restrained depth that feels cooler and more composed than a vivid turquoise. A fine, closely woven texture is visible across the swatch, adding gentle movement while keeping the design plain. No further specification data has been supplied for composition, width, usage or rub testing, so those details should be confirmed before ordering for a particular application.

How to use it

Use Balsam to bring a calm blue-green anchor to contemporary seating, headboards or curtains, pairing it with pale timber, warm neutrals and softly contrasting stone shades. Its muted depth also works well as a tonal layer in a room built around teal, grey-green or weathered blue.

Its quiet blue-green tone and fine woven texture suit contemporary upholstery, cushions, curtains and layered schemes.

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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.

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