Close-up of a plain flax-taupe woven fabric with a fine linen texture

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Warwick

Xtra Wide Melita Flax

Name: Xtra Wide Melita Flax
Brand: Warwick

Xtra Wide Melita Fabric

Xtra Wide Melita Flax is a quietly textural plain with a warm, muted flax-taupe look. Its extra-wide width and softly woven surface give it an easy, tailored presence.

soft flax taupe plain none smart drapery

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See this fabric on Warwick's own site, then order it through us.

About this fabric

Woven in 85% polyester and 15% linen, this plain fabric has a dry, linen-led character with just enough body to hang neatly. The 325 cm width makes it especially practical for full-drop curtains, sheers with privacy, and wide window runs with fewer joins. In Flax, the colour reads as a softened taupe with beige undertones and a gentle grey cast, so it feels warm without becoming yellow. The fine weave visible in the swatch gives the surface a natural, lightly mottled texture rather than a flat solid finish. With no pattern repeat and no martindale rating noted, it is clearly positioned for curtaining rather than upholstery.

How to use it

Use Flax where you want a calm backdrop that still feels considered: it works beautifully with oak, chalky white, limestone and muted olive. Its restrained warmth makes it ideal for relaxed, layered schemes in living rooms and bedrooms.

A calm, tailored neutral that suits wide curtains and blinds.

Warwick Xtra Wide Melita Fabric

Specification

Composition: 85% Polyester, 15% Linen
Pattern repeat: Plain
Suitable for: Curtaining
Width: 325 cm

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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To sit quietly behind it

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To stand against it

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