Close-up of warm elephant taupe fabric with a fine, softly textured woven surface

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Mark Alexander

Town Elephant

Name: Town Elephant
Brand: Mark Alexander

Town Elephant is a softly muted elephant taupe with an understated woven surface. The close texture gives the plain colour gentle depth, shifting between warm grey and beige in the light.

warm elephant taupe plain none relaxed both

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About this fabric

This colourway has a quiet, greyed taupe tone rather than a strong beige or cool silver, giving it a balanced and restful appearance. A fine, even weave is visible across the swatch, with subtle vertical and horizontal variation that keeps the surface from looking flat. Its restrained texture and mid-weight appearance make it suitable for either upholstery or drapery. No composition, width, rub-test or other performance specification has been supplied for this fabric.

How to use it

Use Town Elephant as a calm foundation for an upholstered chair, sofa or relaxed curtain treatment. Its warm grey-taupe cast pairs naturally with stone, oatmeal, pale timber and darker charcoal accents.

A softly greyed taupe with a restrained woven texture for calm upholstery or drapery schemes.

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