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16 Shingle
Octans Fabric16
16 Shingle has a muted taupe-grey ground with fine brown, cream and charcoal flecks woven into a compact, subtly irregular surface. Its close texture gives the colour gentle depth rather than a flat, single-tone appearance.
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About this fabric
This Wemyss Octans fabric is characterised by a small, tightly packed weave that reads as softly granular in close view. The 16 Shingle colourway balances cool grey with warmer taupe and brown notes, creating a measured, earthy shade with a lightly peppered effect. Tiny tonal changes catch across the weave, giving upholstery a refined surface interest without introducing a strong motif. The dense appearance makes it particularly well suited to structured seating where texture can be appreciated at close range.
How to use it
Use 16 Shingle on a tailored armchair, sofa or dining seat where its taupe-grey depth can sit comfortably with natural timber, warm stone and darker brown accents. Add softer cream or charcoal textiles to pick up the small flecks visible in the weave.
Use this softly mottled taupe-grey weave to bring quiet texture to upholstered seating.
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Pairs well with
16 Shingle 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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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
Broccoli Brown
Farrow & Ball · #837363
To stand against it
Sheep Skin
Zoffany · #e6dfcf
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