Simon Houlding Upholstery
Ink-blue and sage floral fabric with cream blooms, curling vines and fine woven texture

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Pimpernel Ink/Sage

Morris and Friends Volume I Fabrics FabricMOF0198-01

Pimpernel Ink/Sage sets cream, shell-like blooms and fine curling foliage against a cool ink-blue and sage ground. Small ochre details add a restrained warmth to the densely ordered floral repeat.

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About this fabric

The pattern combines repeated cream flowers with curling blue-grey stems, sage leaves and small ochre accents, creating a layered botanical surface with clear definition. Its 34.5 cm vertical repeat and 46 cm horizontal repeat give the design a regular, medium-scale rhythm across the cloth. At 230 gsm and 36.2 threads per cm, the fabric has a substantial mid-weight feel, while the 140 cm usable width offers practical coverage for both upholstery and drapery. The muted Ink/Sage colourway reads cooler and more atmospheric than the ivory blooms, with the textured surface softly catching light across the blue-green ground.

How to use it

Use this cool blue-green colourway on an occasional chair, bench or full-length curtains, balancing the cream flowers with chalky walls, warm timber and understated brass.

Pair the cool ink-blue and sage ground with warm ivory, natural wood and aged brass.

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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

Standen Clay

Morris & Co. · #858470

To stand against it

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