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Samarkand Bone
Eclectic Fabric
Samarkand Bone presents a muted bone-taupe ground with softly blurred vertical banding. Pale, closely spaced lines give the surface a gently graphic rhythm without strong colour contrast.
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About this fabric
The supplied record identifies Samarkand Bone as a fabric and gives no composition, width, usage or performance figures. In the image, a subdued bone-taupe field is crossed by fine vertical light lines that gather into irregular, hazy columns. Broader horizontal interruptions soften the pattern, creating a layered, almost atmospheric effect rather than a sharply geometric stripe. The visible woven texture and restrained tonal contrast give this colourway a quietly smart, tactile appearance.
How to use it
Pair the warm grey-beige tone with chalky whites, natural timber and soft brown accents for a calm, layered room. Its low-contrast vertical rhythm also suits tailored upholstery or relaxed full-length curtains.
Use this muted bone-taupe colourway to bring softly structured texture and understated contrast to upholstery or window treatments.
Pairs well with
A pattern needs somewhere for the eye to rest, so these are the plains and textures that sit beside Samarkand Bone without fighting it. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.
Alaska Mole
Alaska Collection
Alaska Otter
Alaska Collection
Albany Mink
Albany and Moray
Allure Ash
Allure
Marldon Taupe
Albeck
Croft Silver
Chester
Marcello Cappuccino
Contract Essentials II Fabrics
Sahara Zinc
Kalahari Fabrics
Sylph Metal
Wilderie Fabric
Acacia Taupe
Acacia
Alchemy Mushroom
Alchemy
Allegra Avery
Allegra
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
Mouse's Back
Farrow & Ball · #958875
To stand against it
Perfect White
Zoffany · #fbf7eb
Other taupe fabrics
Across the houses we hold. See all 4,766.
