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Close-up of Calais Lead fabric in soft mushroom taupe, showing a fine plain weave

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Calais Lead

Calais Fabric

Calais Lead is a restrained taupe with a gentle mushroom cast and a dry, textural look in the weave. The colour reads cool-neutral rather than brown, with fine tonal variation that keeps the surface from feeling flat.

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About this fabric

Woven in 52% Recycled Polyester and 48% Polyester, Calais Lead is specified as a 300 cm-wide curtaining fabric with a plain pattern repeat and no martindale rating noted. In this colourway, the small-scale weave creates a softly mottled surface that sits between grey and taupe, with a grounded lead tone and lighter yarn flecks catching the light. The finish feels contemporary and understated, making it a practical choice where a calm backdrop is needed. Its wide width is well suited to long curtain drops and generous window treatments.

How to use it

Use Calais Lead for floor-length curtains or relaxed blinds where you want a smart neutral with more depth than a flat grey. It pairs especially well with pale plaster, smoked oak and black accents, letting the subtle texture do the work.

A quietly tailored neutral that layers easily with timber, linen and deeper greys.

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Pairs well with

Calais Lead 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.

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