Ochre-gold woven textile with broken horizontal bands and scattered dark flecks

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Mark Alexander

M647 Desert Palm

Name: M647 Desert Palm
Brand: Mark Alexander

M647 Desert Palm has a warm, muted ochre-gold ground with softly irregular horizontal bands woven across the surface. Fine tonal variation gives the colourway a gently weathered, tactile character.

muted ochre gold abstract medium smart both

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About this fabric

The design is built from layered horizontal lines, pale woven accents and scattered charcoal-brown flecks that interrupt the golden field. Its medium-scale arrangement reads as an abstract stripe from a distance, while the small broken marks become visible close up. The surface has a subtly slubbed, crosswoven appearance, with lighter threads catching across the ochre ground. No performance features are noted in the supplied catalogue information.

How to use it

Use Desert Palm to add warmth to a room built around natural timber, aged brass and soft neutrals. Its muted gold tone works especially well as a textural accent where a strong pattern would feel too assertive.

The warm ochre ground and broken horizontal marks bring softly graphic texture to both upholstery and drapery schemes.

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