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Forest (Viscose) Red
Morris 160th Anniversary Fabric FabricMOF0049-01
Forest (Viscose) Red is a richly illustrated Morris & Co. textile with a deep red ground, curling foliage, peacocks and rabbits woven into a dense repeat. Sage, teal and cream details lift the composition while preserving its dramatic depth.
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About this fabric
The substantial 425 gsm weight and 35.9 threads per cm give this fabric a dense, upholstery-suitable presence. Against the warm crimson-red ground, pale sage and blue-green leaves wind around cream-and-green peacocks, alert rabbits and small red flowers. The peacock feather eyes create repeated pools of cream and olive, while the animal figures bring a more naturalistic, finely detailed focus to the pattern. Its 90.5 cm vertical repeat and 139 cm horizontal repeat make the large-scale design especially visible across broad upholstered surfaces.
How to use it
Use the deep crimson ground to make a reading chair, footstool or headboard feel enveloping, then pick up the foliage with muted sage walls or teal-green painted furniture. Keep surrounding patterns restrained so the peacocks and rabbits remain the room’s visual centre.
Use this richly detailed red colourway on a statement chair, ottoman or occasional upholstered piece, balanced with quiet natural linens and deep green accents.
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Pairs well with
A pattern needs somewhere for the eye to rest, so these are the plains and textures that sit beside Forest (Viscose) Red without fighting it. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.
Omari Crimson
Omari Collection
Monceau Sherry
Atelier Fabrics
Pulse Crimson
Tempo Velvets
Ruzzini Scarlet
Ruzzini
Alchemy Rosso
Alchemy
Kensington Red
Brodsworth
Connaught Silk Cossack
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Iona Vermillion
Iona
Omega Velvet 4 Crimson
Omega Velvet 4
Chiaso red
Chiaso
Geo 12
Plain
Geo 11
Plain
Paint that goes with it
Two ways to take the room. Both colours are from houses we hold, so a pot can come off the same order as the cloth. Screens shift colour, so treat these as a direction and bring the cloth to the shelf before you buy the paint.
To sit quietly behind it
Muddy Amber
Zoffany · #927951
To stand against it
Silverflake
Sanderson · #ede5da
Other red fabrics
Across the houses we hold. See all 2,240.
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Lily Leaf Red
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Willow Bough Crimson/Manilla
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Brophy Embroidery Wine
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Eye Bright Red
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Theodosia Red
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Brophy Trellis Russet Gold
Melsetter Wallpapers
Seaweed Red/Gold
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Snakeshead Madder/Gold
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Strawberry Thief Crimson/Slate
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Bird & Anemone Red Clay
Morris Fabric Compendium I II & III