Close-up of dark slate wool with tightly woven herringbone and subtle olive-grey flecks

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Linwood

Foss Slate

Name: Foss Slate
Brand: Linwood
SKU: LF2358FR

Balvenie FabricLF2358FR

Foss Slate brings a deep, cool slate-grey tone to the Balvenie collection, with a clearly defined herringbone weave visible across the swatch. Fine pale and olive-grey threads soften the darkness, giving the surface a subtly variegated finish rather than a flat solid colour.

deep slate grey textured medium smart both

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See this fabric on Linwood's own site, then order it through us.

About this fabric

The dense woven surface is made from 100% Pure New Wool and shows a compact, directional herringbone with softly raised texture. Its charcoal-slate base is interlaced with muted beige, grey and olive-brown flecks, creating depth that shifts gently as the light catches the weave. At approximately 137cm wide, it is specified for curtains and fixed upholstery. The General Domestic upholstery grade makes it suited to everyday upholstered pieces where a tailored, textural finish is wanted.

How to use it

Use Foss Slate on a structured armchair, sofa or bench to bring cool depth to a room, pairing it with warm timber, aged leather and pale stone. As curtains, its dark herringbone pattern will frame windows with a softly tailored, cocooning effect.

A dark, tailored herringbone for quietly sophisticated curtains, fixed upholstery and layered neutral schemes.

Linwood Balvenie Fabric

Specification

Aftercare: Dry Clean
Composition: 100% Pure New Wool
Suitable for: Curtains, Fixed Upholstery
Upholstery grade: General Domestic
Width (approx): 137cm

Specification as published by Linwood. We will confirm the current details with them before you order.

Made up by us

Every metre we order is cut, sewn and fitted in our own Heybridge workshop, with Simon over every stage. Reupholstery, bespoke pieces, curtains, blinds and headboards.

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Foss Slate 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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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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