Parchment cream textile with irregular horizontal beige-grey woven bands

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Mark Alexander

M646 Parchment

Name: M646 Parchment
Brand: Mark Alexander

M646 Parchment has a quietly layered, parchment-toned ground crossed by uneven horizontal bands. Fine shifts between cream, beige and warm grey give the surface a softly weathered, textural appearance.

soft parchment cream stripe medium relaxed both

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About this fabric

The visible design is made up of horizontal striations rather than a rigid stripe, with lighter and darker threads breaking up each band. Its warm cream base reads as parchment, while the muted beige-grey marks add gentle depth without strong contrast. The surface appears finely woven, with subtle vertical and horizontal texture visible across the swatch. No performance features are noted in the supplied specification data.

How to use it

Use this warm parchment colourway to soften a neutral sitting room, pairing it with chalky whites, pale oak and muted stone. Its broken horizontal movement can also bring quiet width to relaxed blinds, curtains or upholstered seating.

Its warm parchment ground and softly broken horizontal bands suit calm, textural upholstery or understated window treatments.

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