Close-up of soft stone-taupe plain weave with fine crosshatched texture

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Mark Alexander

Vintage Fossil

Name: Vintage Fossil
Brand: Mark Alexander

Vintage Fossil is a softly muted stone taupe with a finely woven surface that gives the plain ground subtle visual depth. Its understated colouring reads warm grey-beige rather than stark grey.

soft stone taupe plain none relaxed both

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About this fabric

The close-up shows an even, non-patterned weave with delicate vertical and horizontal threads creating a lightly crosshatched texture. Its fossil-like taupe tone is quiet and softly weathered, with gentle tonal variation where the light catches the fibres. No composition, width, rub test or other performance specification has been supplied for this fabric.

How to use it

Use this soft stone taupe on a relaxed upholstered chair or sofa, or carry it through full-length curtains for a calm, tonal room. Pair it with chalky creams, warm greys and natural timber to emphasise its weathered neutral character.

A quiet stone-taupe ground that brings softness and texture to upholstery, curtains or layered neutral schemes.

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