Close-up of Sahara Iii Shell’s warm taupe-grey plain weave with subtle vertical texture

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Kirkby Design

Sahara Iii Shell

Name: Sahara Iii Shell
Brand: Kirkby Design

Sahara Iii Shell is a quiet, plain woven fabric in a warm taupe-grey shade. Its close surface shows fine vertical and horizontal slubs, giving the otherwise even colour a gently tactile finish.

warm stone taupe plain none relaxed both

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About this fabric

The shell colour sits between soft grey and muted beige, with a warm stone quality rather than a cool silver cast. A restrained woven grain is visible across the swatch, adding delicate tonal variation as the light moves over the surface. The plain construction keeps the appearance calm and adaptable without introducing a printed motif. No composition, width, rub test or additional performance features have been supplied for this exact fabric.

How to use it

Use this warm taupe-grey on a softly tailored sofa, headboard or full-length curtain where its understated weave can complement natural timber, chalky walls and other muted neutrals.

A softly textured stone-taupe weave that brings calm, tonal depth to upholstery or curtains.

Kirkby Design Sahara Iii Fabric

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Pairs well with

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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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