Pale cool dove-grey sheer showing a faintly vertical, softly textured weave

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Mark Alexander

Vapour Dove

Name: Vapour Dove
Brand: Mark Alexander

Vapour Dove is a pale dove-grey sheer with a cool, misted appearance. Its almost weightless-looking surface is marked by very fine vertical variation rather than a visible pattern.

pale cool dove grey plain none relaxed drapery

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About this fabric

The swatch reads as a soft blue-grey in the image, with a restrained depth that keeps the colour airy rather than stark. A delicate, closely spaced surface texture creates faint vertical movement across the plain field, while the light catches some threads gently. As part of Mark Alexander’s Timeless Wool Sheers collection, Vapour Dove is best suited to drapery where this subtle tonal variation can remain visible across a larger drop.

How to use it

Hang Vapour Dove as full-length curtains in a cool neutral room, pairing its misty dove tone with chalk white, pale timber and brushed silver. It can also soften darker grey furnishings without introducing a strong contrast.

Use Vapour Dove for softly diffused curtains where its cool, pale grey tone can keep the room light and calm.

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