Warm tobacco beige textile with distressed vertical striations and mottled surface texture

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Zinc Textile

Ellice Tobacco

Name: Ellice Tobacco
Brand: Zinc Textile

Ellice Tobacco has a warm tobacco-beige ground with a softly weathered surface, where fine vertical marks and uneven tonal shading create a quiet, abstract texture. Its earthy colour reads mellow and grounded rather than bright.

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About this fabric

Across the swatch, irregular vertical striations sit over a softly mottled ground, giving the fabric a distressed, almost mineral-like depth. The tobacco tone shifts between pale beige, muted brown and slightly warmer shadowed areas as the surface catches the light. The texture is subtle rather than patterned, so the colour and surface variation remain the main visual features. No performance features are noted for this fabric.

How to use it

Pair Ellice Tobacco with chalky creams, aged timber and warm stone for a relaxed, layered scheme. Its muted tobacco depth also works well against darker brown accents where a softly faded, textural backdrop is wanted.

Use this warm tobacco tone to bring softly weathered depth to upholstered seating, cushions or full-length curtains.

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