Close view of warm chestnut-brown woven fabric with irregular horizontal taupe striations

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Mark Alexander

M648 Chestnut

Name: M648 Chestnut
Brand: Mark Alexander

M648 Chestnut is a warm, deeply nuanced brown textile, seen here with fine horizontal striations that shift gently across the surface. Its woven texture gives the colour a softly layered, tactile character.

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About this fabric

M648 Chestnut is a textile with no performance features noted in the supplied specification. Its surface is built from dense horizontal yarns, with fine irregular lines and small flecks of lighter thread visible across the warm chestnut-brown ground. Subtle shifts from cocoa brown to taupe and beige give the cloth depth rather than a flat block of colour. The close, substantial-looking weave reads as a versatile choice for upholstery or drapery.

How to use it

Use this warm chestnut colourway to ground an armchair, sofa or headboard, pairing it with creamy neutrals and aged timber. Its taupe and beige flecks also make it effective for curtains that need more texture than a plain brown cloth.

A warm chestnut weave that brings tonal depth to upholstered seating, cushions or softly structured curtains.

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M648 Chestnut is a quiet cloth, so it carries a pattern beside it: one of these on the curtains and this on the chair. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.

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