Cool shadow-grey woven fabric with fine vertical striation and softly mottled texture

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Zinc Textile

Etienne Shadow

Name: Etienne Shadow
Brand: Zinc Textile

Etienne Shadow is a cool, mid-grey textile with a softly mottled surface and delicate vertical striation. Its close tonal variation gives the plain ground depth without introducing a visible motif.

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About this fabric

The image shows a tightly woven grey surface in which lighter and darker threads run predominantly from top to bottom, creating a restrained shadow effect. The colour reads cool and mineral rather than warm, with a gently softened appearance instead of a flat charcoal block. Its subtle linear texture gives the fabric a smart, quietly tailored character suitable for both upholstery and drapery by visible handle and weave. No performance features or further specification data are supplied for this colourway.

How to use it

Pair this cool shadow-grey with chalky whites, pale timber and brushed metal for a calm contemporary scheme, or use it against deeper charcoal and ink tones to emphasise the fabric’s fine vertical texture. It would bring understated structure to an armchair, headboard, cushion or simple curtain.

Use the cool shadow-grey ground to bring quiet depth to upholstered seating, cushions or softly tailored window treatments.

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