Deep espresso-brown fabric swatch with a fine, vertically striated woven texture

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Kirkby Design

Trace Espresso

Name: Trace Espresso
Brand: Kirkby Design

Trace Espresso is a deep brown colourway with a dense, finely striated surface. Its near-charcoal espresso tone is subtly lifted by slender vertical threads that create quiet movement across the swatch.

deep espresso brown textured none smart upholstery

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About this fabric

Catalogued as a fabric, Trace Espresso presents a close woven texture rather than a printed motif, with narrow vertical lines running consistently through the surface. The brown is richly grounded and slightly smoky, avoiding the red or golden cast of warmer chocolate shades. Small variations in the weave catch the light softly, giving the dark colourway depth without making it appear glossy. Its visibly dense, structured handle makes it best suited to upholstery applications.

How to use it

Use Trace Espresso on a tailored armchair, sofa or dining seat where its deep, almost charcoal-brown tone can anchor lighter timber, stone and warm neutral schemes. Pair it with boucle, brushed metal or pale textured textiles to bring out the fine vertical grain without competing with it.

A deep espresso ground and fine vertical texture give this fabric a tailored, quietly substantial upholstery character.

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Trace Espresso 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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