Deep blue-black plain weave with subtle vertical and horizontal texture

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Mark Alexander

Flanders Ink

Name: Flanders Ink
Brand: Mark Alexander

Flanders Ink is a deep, blue-black plain weave with a restrained, almost charcoal depth. Its fine surface texture gives the dark colour a softly tactile quality rather than a flat, printed appearance.

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About this fabric

The image shows a uniform woven ground with delicate vertical and horizontal texture, creating a subtle tonal grid across the surface. Its cool ink-blue shade sits close to black in low light, while the weave adds slight variation across the face. The plain design keeps the emphasis on the richness and depth of this particular dark colourway. No composition, width, rub test or performance specifications are supplied for this fabric.

How to use it

Use Flanders Ink to give an upholstered chair, sofa or full-length curtain a cool, grounded presence. Pair its blue-black depth with chalky whites, smoked greys, aged timber and brushed metal for a quietly tailored room.

A cool, blue-black woven plain that brings quiet depth to upholstery, curtains and layered neutral schemes.

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