Cool ivory botanical fabric with layered soft-grey leaves and fine sketched outlines

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Scion

Padua Steel

Padua Steel pairs a cool ivory ground with delicate soft-grey foliage, creating a light botanical surface with a quietly sketched character. The leaves overlap across the cloth in varied directions, giving the pale colourway gentle movement without strong contrast.

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Part of the range we hold from Scion.

About this fabric

The design is made up of layered leaves and slender stems drawn in muted grey, with some forms appearing softly brushed and others picked out in fine linework. Against the near-white ivory ground, the Steel colourway reads cool, airy and understated rather than stark, while the denser grey leaf shapes add subtle depth. At 220gsm, this fabric has a versatile mid-weight suitable for both upholstery and drapery. It has a 137cm usable width, a 91.4cm vertical repeat and a 137cm horizontal repeat, so the large botanical layout should be considered carefully when pattern matching.

How to use it

Use Padua Steel to bring a cool, restful botanical layer to a light room: it suits full-length curtains and Roman blinds, or an occasional chair where the ivory ground can sit against pale grey, chalk or natural wood.

Use this cool ivory-and-grey botanical for calm curtains, blinds or softly tailored upholstery.

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Specification

Usable width: 137 cm
Standard length: 60 m
Vertical repeat: 91.4 cm
Horizontal repeat: 137 cm
Threads per cm: 44
Weight: 220 gsm

Specification as published by Scion. We will confirm the current details with them before you order.

Made up by us

Every metre we order is cut, sewn and fitted in our own Heybridge workshop, with Simon over every stage. Reupholstery, bespoke pieces, curtains, blinds and headboards.

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