Cool shale-grey woven swatch with bright slubs and irregular horizontal texture

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Wemyss

04 Shale

Name: 04 Shale
Brand: Wemyss
SKU: 04

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Earn 04 Shale has a cool shale-grey ground with a richly tactile woven surface. Irregular raised threads create softly broken bands of light and shadow across the swatch.

cool shale grey textured medium relaxed upholstery

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About this fabric

This fabric is catalogued as a textile and presents a substantial-looking, closely woven surface suited to upholstery. Its grey tone shifts between silvery highlights and deeper charcoal flecks, giving the colourway a cool, mineral quality. Short slubby threads form an uneven, almost grid-like texture rather than a smooth plain weave. The restrained contrast keeps the surface quietly expressive while adding visible depth at close range.

How to use it

Use this cool shale-grey colourway on a sofa, armchair or headboard where its textured surface can soften a clean-lined scheme. Pair it with chalky whites, weathered timber and darker graphite accents to draw out its mineral depth.

A cool, tactile grey weave that brings understated depth to upholstered furniture.

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