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Close-up of muted taupe-grey Duo 251 with fine irregular woven texture Swaffer

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Duo 251

Weave Fabric

Duo 251 has a muted taupe-grey ground with a finely mottled woven surface. Its closely packed texture gives the colour gentle variation rather than a flat, uniform finish.

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About this fabric

Viewed close up, the weave forms a small, irregular texture in layered taupe, grey and pale beige threads. The restrained contrast keeps the surface softly dimensional, while the neutral colouring reads slightly cool and understated. Its dense woven appearance makes this colourway particularly convincing for upholstered furniture where subtle texture can carry the design.

How to use it

Use Duo 251 on a tailored armchair, sofa or dining seat alongside chalky neutrals, natural timber and brushed metal. The cool taupe-grey tone also works as a quiet foundation for deeper olive, rust or charcoal accents.

A softly mottled taupe-grey weave that brings quiet texture to upholstered seating.

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Duo 251 is a quiet cloth, so it carries a pattern beside it: one of these on the curtains and this on the chair. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.

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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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