Cool inky-grey textile with chalk-white acanthus leaves and curling botanical scrolls

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Morris & Co.

Pure Acanthus Weave Inky Grey

Pure Morris North Fabrics FabricMOF0089-02

Pure Acanthus Weave Inky Grey layers sweeping acanthus leaves and curling botanical scrolls across a cool, silvered grey ground. Pale leaf highlights soften the darker ink-like outlines, giving the repeat a richly tonal appearance.

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About this fabric

This 312 gsm textile has a dense, finely detailed acanthus design in cool inky grey, soft grey and chalky white. The closely worked leaves and scrolling forms create a large-scale botanical rhythm, while the restrained tonal palette keeps the pattern composed rather than vivid. At 130 cm usable width, it has an 85 cm vertical repeat and a 65.2 cm horizontal repeat, allowing the sweeping motifs to read clearly across upholstered or curtained surfaces. The visible weave and layered grey shading add depth as the light moves across the cloth.

How to use it

Use this cool inky-grey colourway on a statement chair, headboard or full-length curtains against warm ivory walls to bring out its pale botanical highlights. Balance the formal acanthus with aged timber, soft stone and plain grey upholstery.

Use the cool inky-grey ground with chalky neutrals and pale timber for a quietly atmospheric interior.

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

Pavilion Gray

Farrow & Ball · #c4c1bc

To stand against it

Victorian Purple

Zoffany · #5a595f

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