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Oxford Desert
Oxford Fabric
Oxford Desert is a warm, muted taupe textile with the dry, sandy character suggested by its name. In the photograph, its fine woven surface is shown through loose folds that create gentle shifts between light beige-taupe and shaded brown-grey.
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About this fabric
The fabric has a plain, closely woven appearance rather than a printed motif, with a subtle micro-texture visible across the flatter areas of the swatch. Its mid-depth desert tone remains understated in the highlights, while the folds bring out deeper taupe shadows and give the surface quiet dimension. The photographed cloth falls into rounded, fluid folds, suggesting a versatile weight suitable for both upholstery and drapery. No further composition, width, rub-test or performance specification has been supplied for this exact fabric.
How to use it
Use Oxford Desert to bring a warm, grounded neutral to a sofa, headboard or pair of curtains, where its fine texture can prevent a beige scheme from appearing flat. It pairs naturally with darker taupe, aged timber and softly contrasting cream tones.
A warm desert taupe with a fine woven surface that sits comfortably across tailored upholstery and softly handled drapery.
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Oxford Butter
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Oxford Natural
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Oxford Nougat
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Pairs well with
Oxford Desert 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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Arabella Wallpaper
Fabio Taupe
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Feather Coffee
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Akari Storm/Positano
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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
Mouse's Back
Farrow & Ball · #958875
To stand against it
Architect's White
Zoffany · #f7f3ea
Other taupe fabrics
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