Pale silvery-grey textile with slender irregular vertical lines and a softly textured surface

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Mark Alexander

Rivulet Silvershell

Rivulet Fabric

Rivulet Silvershell has a cool, near-white silvery-grey ground crossed by slender, irregular vertical lines. The tracery varies gently in width and direction, giving the surface a delicate organic movement.

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About this fabric

The pale silvershell tone reads as softly grey rather than warm beige, with the lighter ground allowing the fine vertical lines to remain subtle. Each line meanders unevenly from top to bottom, creating a quiet reed-like pattern without a strong geometric repeat. The visible cloth has a fine, even appearance rather than the bulk of a heavy upholstery weave, so it reads particularly well for drapery. No composition, width or rub-test information has been supplied for this listing; those details should be confirmed before ordering for a specific application.

How to use it

Use this cool silvery-grey colourway for full-length curtains in a light, pared-back room, where its pale ground can soften a window while the irregular lines add understated texture. It would sit naturally with chalky whites, pale greys and other quiet mineral tones.

Its cool, pale ground and fine vertical tracery suit airy curtains, sheers or relaxed contemporary window treatments.

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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

Cornforth White

Farrow & Ball · #cfcac4

To stand against it

Woodland Yellow

Sanderson · #bfac60

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