Warm taupe-brown fabric with closely spaced vertical ribs and a softly textured surface

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Kirkby Design

Sculpt Elm

Name: Sculpt Elm
Brand: Kirkby Design

Sculpt Elm is a warm taupe-brown textile with closely spaced vertical ribs running evenly across the face. Its muted elm tone shifts subtly between brown and grey as the raised lines catch the light.

warm taupe brown stripe none smart upholstery

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About this fabric

This fabric is catalogued as a textile fabric, with no further composition, width or performance specification supplied. The surface is defined by a dense, narrow-ribbed construction rather than a printed motif, giving the plain colour visible directional texture. Its warm taupe-brown shade has a softened, earthy quality, while the fine ridges create delicate bands of light and shadow. The substantial-looking, structured surface makes this colourway best suited to upholstery where its quiet relief can be seen across a chair, headboard or sofa.

How to use it

Use Sculpt Elm on a tailored armchair, sofa or headboard where the warm taupe-brown tone can soften darker timber and charcoal accents. Keep surrounding fabrics relatively plain so the fine vertical rib remains the main source of visual texture.

The warm elm-brown tone and fine vertical rib bring understated texture to upholstered seating without adding a bold pattern.

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Pairs well with

A pattern needs somewhere for the eye to rest, so these are the plains and textures that sit beside Sculpt Elm without fighting it. 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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