Deep navy-blue woven textile with fine vertical striations and understated crosshatch texture

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Kirkby Design

Sahara Iii Night Shadow

Sahara III Night Shadow is a deep, cool blue textile with a softly shadowed appearance. Its understated woven face gives the colour depth without introducing a visible motif.

deep ink blue plain none smart upholstery

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About this fabric

This colourway reads as an inky navy-blue with a restrained charcoal cast, creating a calm, enveloping mood rather than a bright or saturated blue. The surface is plain and closely woven, with fine vertical and horizontal threads forming a subtle crosshatched texture. Slight tonal variation across the face keeps the dark shade from looking flat, while the low-key texture remains refined and unobtrusive. The substantial-looking woven appearance makes it especially well suited to upholstery and statement seating.

How to use it

Pair Night Shadow with pale oak, warm ivory or brushed metal to balance its cool depth. It also works as a grounding blue on a contemporary armchair, headboard or sofa where the fine weave can be seen at close range.

Use this deep blue woven texture to bring quiet depth to contemporary upholstery and statement seating.

Kirkby Design Sahara Iii Fabric

Specification

Composition: 100% Cotton
Width: 141 cms (55.5 ")
Rub test (Martindale): 65,000 Severe Domestic
Suitable for: Curtains And Drapes, Upholstery
Style: Plain / Solid
Aftercare: Do Not Bleach, Consult Specialist Dry Cleaner, Do Not Tumble Dry, Warm Iron, Mch8 30degC Cold Rinse/Short Spin
Environmental: Oeko-Tex 100 Certified, REACH Compliant, PFAS Free
Oeko-Tex certification number: 971521.O CENTROCOT
Performance: Washable
Product type: Plain / Textured Weave
Sample size: 17cm x 13cm
Wyzenbeek: 65,000

Specification as published by Kirkby Design. We will confirm the current details with them before you order.

Made up by us

Every metre we order is cut, sewn and fitted in our own Heybridge workshop, with Simon over every stage. Reupholstery, bespoke pieces, curtains, blinds and headboards.

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Sahara Iii Night Shadow 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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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.

To sit quietly behind it

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To stand against it

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