Simon Houlding Upholstery
Soft greige plain linen with fine crosshatch weave and diagonal folded highlights

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Balta Linen

Danube Fabric

Balta Linen has a softly greige, stone-like tone with a fine linen weave that catches the light across the folded swatch. Its plain surface is gently enlivened by subtle shifts between pale and deeper neutral areas.

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About this fabric

This 100% linen fabric reads as a muted greige: cooler than cream, but softened by warm taupe undertones. The close, fine weave is visible across the surface, while the diagonal highlights in the image come from the cloth’s natural folds and changing light. Supplied at approximately 137cm wide, it is specified for curtains and has the fluid, lightweight appearance suited to drapery. Balta Linen is dry clean only.

How to use it

Use this soft greige colourway for full-length curtains where its quiet stone tone can temper brighter whites or sit naturally with taupe, timber and warm grey furnishings. The plain weave also makes it a calm backdrop for more patterned upholstery.

A softly textured greige linen for relaxed curtains, with diagonal folds bringing out its subtle tonal variation.

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