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Ellipsis Fossil
Handcrafted Modern I Fabric
Ellipsis Fossil has a pale greige ground with a softly contrasting, maze-like pattern built from tiny broken lines. Its quiet tonal variation gives the surface a lightly textured, measured character.
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About this fabric
The Fossil colourway sits between warm grey and light taupe, with the pale ground allowing the geometric repeat to remain visible without becoming dominant. Small angular pathways and dotted-looking woven marks create a compact, all-over design across the swatch. The close texture gives the fabric a gently tactile appearance, while the low-contrast palette keeps the overall effect calm and refined. No performance features are noted for this fabric, so its use should be selected according to the requirements of the intended upholstery or drapery project.
How to use it
Use this pale greige colourway to bring subtle pattern to a quiet sitting room, pairing it with chalk, stone and warm timber. Its restrained contrast also suits upholstered forms or curtains where texture is preferred over a strong colour statement.
A softly muted greige ground with a finely articulated maze-like motif for quietly structured upholstery or drapery.
More from Handcrafted Modern I
The same book, other colourways.
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Wavelength Carbon Blue
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Pairs well with
A pattern needs somewhere for the eye to rest, so these are the plains and textures that sit beside Ellipsis Fossil 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
Elephant's Breath
Farrow & Ball · #c7bfb4
To stand against it
Rowan Berry
Sanderson · #ba7053
Other taupe fabrics
Across the houses we hold. See all 4,766.
