Simon Houlding Upholstery
Mink taupe-brown woven fabric swatch with a subtle, even textile texture

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Ruskin Mink

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Ruskin Mink is a deep, muted taupe-brown woven fabric with a softly shaded surface. Its quiet colour and barely visible weave give the swatch a calm, grounded character.

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About this fabric

The close, even surface is woven in a mink taupe-brown tone, with subtle shifts in light revealing the fine horizontal and vertical texture. At 410gsm, this is a substantial textile suited to upholstery rather than a light, fluid curtain cloth. The fabric has a 140cm usable width and a 30m standard length for larger furnishing requirements. With 22 threads per centimetre and no vertical or horizontal pattern repeat, it offers a continuous plain ground for cutting and matching.

How to use it

Pair Ruskin Mink with warm ivory, tobacco, mushroom or aged timber for a restrained, enveloping scheme. Its low-contrast taupe depth is particularly effective on sofas, occasional chairs and upholstered headboards where texture matters more than pattern.

Use this grounded mink-taupe weave to bring quiet warmth to upholstered seating, headboards and tailored cushions.

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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

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To stand against it

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