Deep sapphire-blue fabric swatch with a subtle, low-sheen textured surface

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Kirkby Design

Tone Sapphire

Name: Tone Sapphire
Brand: Kirkby Design

Tone Fabric

Tone Sapphire appears as a deep, cool sapphire blue, with a near-solid field softened by a fine, low-contrast surface texture. Its restrained matte appearance gives the shade depth without a glossy finish.

deep sapphire blue plain none smart upholstery

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About this fabric

The close-up shows an almost plain blue surface, with subtle tonal variation that keeps the dark sapphire colour from looking flat. The texture is fine and understated rather than visibly patterned, giving the cloth a tailored, composed character. This item is catalogued as a fabric from Kirkby Design’s Tone collection. No composition, width, rub-test or performance specification has been supplied for this colourway.

How to use it

Use Tone Sapphire to bring a cool, saturated anchor to an upholstered chair, sofa or headboard. Its quiet surface works particularly well with pale neutrals, smoky greys and warm timber, which balance the depth of the blue.

Use this deep, cool blue on tailored upholstery where its quiet texture can provide rich colour without a strong pattern.

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Tone Sapphire 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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