Close-up of smooth mid-grey velvet with a softly brushed, low-sheen surface

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Mark Alexander

Urbane Moonrock

Name: Urbane Moonrock
Brand: Mark Alexander

Urbane Moonrock is a quietly sophisticated velvet in a soft, medium grey. Its plain surface has a subtle brushed appearance, giving the colour gentle depth rather than a flat, hard-edged finish.

soft moonrock grey plain none luxe upholstery

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About this fabric

The swatch shows an even, unpatterned grey velvet with a fine, low-contrast pile and a softly diffused sheen. The Moonrock tone reads as muted and balanced, sitting between cool grey and a gentle taupe-grey as the surface catches the light. This fabric is catalogued as Velvet, and no performance features are noted in the supplied data. Its substantial-looking pile makes it particularly suited to upholstered furniture where the understated texture can be seen at close range.

How to use it

Use this softened moonrock grey on a generously upholstered chair, sofa or headboard where its restrained tone can calm stronger colours and patterned accessories. Pair it with chalky whites, warm timber and brushed metal to bring out the velvet’s subtle tonal variation.

The softly muted grey pile brings understated depth to upholstered seating, headboards and occasional pieces.

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Urbane Moonrock 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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