Tap the swatch to see it larger. Hover it to magnify the weave. Colours on a screen are a guide, not a match, so come and feel the real cloth.
Scroll up or down to zoom in and out.
Smooth Shell
Smooth Iii Fabric
Smooth Shell is a softly shaded warm taupe with an even, understated surface. Its close-up texture adds gentle depth without introducing a visible pattern.
Your board
0 fabrics
See this fabric on Kirkby Design's own site, then order it through us.
About this fabric
The image shows a plain shell-taupe ground with a warm beige cast, softened by subtle tonal variation across the face. A fine, lightly tactile texture keeps the surface from looking flat, while the matte finish gives the colour a calm, quietly refined character. No performance features, composition, width or rub-test information are supplied for this fabric. Its balanced appearance makes it a versatile choice where a softly textured neutral is preferred over a stark plain.
How to use it
Use Smooth Shell to bring warmth to a restrained neutral scheme, pairing its gentle taupe tone with ivory, mushroom or dark timber. It can suit both upholstered furniture and softly coordinated window treatments where a low-contrast finish is wanted.
A quiet warm taupe with a softly textured surface for calm, understated upholstery or window treatments.
More from Smooth Iii
The same book, other colourways.
Smooth Rhino
Smooth Iii
Smooth Rose Water
Smooth Iii
Smooth Russet
Smooth Iii
Smooth Sangria
Smooth Iii
Smooth Sapphire
Smooth Iii
Smooth Seal
Smooth Iii
Smooth Silver Grey
Smooth Iii
Smooth Slate
Smooth Iii
Smooth Smoke
Smooth Iii
Smooth Smoke Blue
Smooth Iii
Smooth Soft Grey
Smooth Iii
Smooth Soft Jade
Smooth Iii
Pairs well with
Smooth Shell 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.
Atwood Taupe
Essential Weaves Vol 1
Bazely Taupe
Essential Weaves Vol 1
Bowen Check Taupe
Magnus Checks
Ascot Taupe
Misc
Metro Taupe
Other Fabrics & Weaves
Constellation Earth
Constellation
Highbury Sakura
Highbury
Melia Wallpaper Taupe
Melia Wallpaper
Theo Taupe
Theo
Toana Taupe
Tepal
Corti Taupe
Corti
Buci Taupe
Domino
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
Suede
Zoffany · #b6a699
To stand against it
Tiger's Eye
Zoffany · #a48938
Other taupe fabrics
Across the houses we hold. See all 4,766.
