Pale steel-grey textile with a fine, irregular crosshatch weave

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Warwick

Smithsonian Steel

Name: Smithsonian Steel
Brand: Warwick

Smithsonian Steel presents a pale, cool grey ground crossed by a fine irregular weave. Its subtle tonal variation gives the surface a softly textured, architectural quality.

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About this fabric

The image shows a light steel-grey textile built from closely spaced horizontal and vertical threads, creating a restrained crosshatch effect. Slight shifts between silvery and deeper grey threads keep the surface from appearing flat, while the overall tone remains calm and muted. The woven texture reads as a versatile mid-weight suitable for upholstery or drapery. No performance features are noted in the supplied specification.

How to use it

Use this cool pale grey on a tailored chair, sofa or full-length curtain where its fine crosshatch texture can add depth without introducing a strong pattern. Pair it with chalky whites, charcoal accents and brushed metal for a quietly modern scheme.

A cool steel-grey woven texture that layers easily across upholstery and window treatments.

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Smithsonian Steel 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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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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