Warm saffron-ochre fabric with white leaf sprigs and navy outlines in soft folds

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Warwick

Althea Saffron

Althea Saffron has a warm saffron-ochre ground, overlaid with white leafy sprigs traced in dark blue linework. The softly gathered cloth shows a smooth surface with a gentle reflective lift across the folds.

warm saffron ochre botanical medium smart drapery

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About this fabric

The rich ochre tone gives this colourway a distinctly warm, golden depth rather than a bright yellow appearance. White botanical leaves stand clearly against the ground, while the dark blue outlines add definition to each sprig. The fabric falls into fluid, rounded folds in the photograph, making it particularly suited to drapery. No composition, width or performance specification has been supplied for this exact fabric; the image shows its fine-looking surface and softly lustrous finish.

How to use it

Use Althea Saffron for full-length curtains where its warm ochre ground can bring glow to a room, balancing the white leaves with cream upholstery and picking up the dark blue linework in cushions or painted furniture.

Use the warm saffron-ochre ground to bring depth to curtains, paired with cream, navy or natural timber.

Warwick Althea Fabric

Specification

Composition: 50% Cotton, 35% Viscose, 15% Linen
Width: 138 cm
Pattern repeat: H17.2 x V16
Rub test (Martindale): 30,000 rubs
Suitable for: Curtaining, Upholstery
Care: Do Not Bleach, Do Not Tumble Dry, Dry Clean, Iron, Medium, Machine Wash, Medium

Specification as published by Warwick. 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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Pairs well with

A pattern needs somewhere for the eye to rest, so these are the plains and textures that sit beside Althea Saffron without fighting it. 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

Spanish Olive

Zoffany · #8c8572

To stand against it

Gauze

Little Greene · #eef0f1