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Oblique Driftwood
Tate Fabric
Oblique Driftwood presents a muted taupe-grey ground crossed by a fine, even diagonal texture. The close tonal relationship between the lines and ground gives the swatch a softly layered, understated appearance.
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About this fabric
Oblique Driftwood is a quiet, mid-value taupe-grey with a warm cast that keeps the shade softer than charcoal grey. The surface is built from very fine, closely spaced diagonal lines, giving the cloth restrained oblique movement rather than a bold motif. The low contrast between the slightly lighter lines and deeper ground creates gentle depth across the swatch. It is catalogued as a fabric; no composition, width or performance specification has been supplied.
How to use it
Use this warm taupe-grey where a room needs a grounded neutral with more surface interest than a plain solid. Its fine diagonal texture will complement natural timber, soft cream upholstery and layered grey-brown schemes without introducing a strong contrasting pattern.
A warm taupe-grey neutral with fine diagonal texture for calm, layered schemes.
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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 Oblique Driftwood without fighting it. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.
Claro Taupe
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Riva Cobble
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Sahara Zinc
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Astor Wood Smoke
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Orissa Silk Smokestack
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Herringbone Slit
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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
Olivine
Zoffany · #726e62
To stand against it
Mistflower
Sanderson · #dad8d9
Other taupe fabrics
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