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Kensey Chai
Kensey Fabric
Kensey Chai has a warm, grounded taupe appearance, with a finely woven check that shifts subtly between pale beige, brown and charcoal as the light changes. Its close-scale pattern gives the swatch a quietly tailored character.
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About this fabric
At close range, fine dark and pale threads form a densely packed micro-check across the chai-toned ground, creating gentle visual depth without a bold motif. The surface appears compact and woven, with a softly tactile texture rather than a flat printed finish. This colourway reads warmer and more earthy than a straightforward grey, while the charcoal flecks keep it defined. It is catalogued as Fabric, with no performance features noted in the supplied specification.
How to use it
Use this warm chai taupe on a refined armchair, dining chair or relaxed curtain scheme, then draw out the swatch’s darker flecks with charcoal, smoked oak or deep brown furnishings.
Use the warm chai taupe micro-check on tailored upholstery or full-length curtains, balancing it with cream, walnut and charcoal 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 Kensey Chai without fighting it. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.
Alaska Mole
Alaska Collection
Alaska Otter
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Albany Mink
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Allure Ash
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Marldon Taupe
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Croft Silver
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Sahara Zinc
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Acacia Taupe
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Alchemy Mushroom
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Allegra Avery
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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
Olivine
Zoffany · #726e62
To stand against it
Lazuli
Zoffany · #3c4274
Other taupe fabrics
Across the houses we hold. See all 4,766.
