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Marlborough Elephant
Marlborough Fabric
Marlborough Elephant is a muted elephant taupe with a softly pebbled surface and an even, leather-like visual grain. Its grey-brown tone has a quiet depth that changes subtly across the close-up weave.
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About this fabric
The fabric is presented in a balanced elephant-grey taupe, avoiding both the yellow warmth of beige and the starkness of a cool grey. A fine, closely spaced pebble texture covers the surface, adding tactile interest without a printed motif or visible directional pattern. Gentle tonal variation across the swatch gives the colour a subdued, composed character rather than a flat finish. No composition, width, rub test or additional performance features have been supplied for this exact fabric.
How to use it
Use this understated elephant taupe on tailored sofas, dining chairs or occasional seating where its softly textured surface can add depth without introducing a strong pattern. Pair it with chalky neutrals, warm timber and darker brown-grey accents for a calm, grounded scheme.
The restrained elephant taupe and fine pebbled texture suit tailored upholstery in both contemporary and classic rooms.
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Pairs well with
Marlborough Elephant 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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Eden Collection
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Amara
Makenzi Natural
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Bellflower Wallpaper Pink/Green
Ashdown Wallpaper
Messina Wallpaper Stone
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Odhni Damson
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Fidelio Cocoa
Arabella Wallpaper
Fabio Taupe
Acacia
Feather Coffee
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Akari Storm/Positano
Akari Weaves
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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
Dark Lead Colour
Little Greene · #6d6a65
To stand against it
Coquette Light
Sanderson · #e0d5d9
Other taupe fabrics
Across the houses we hold. See all 4,148.
