Steel-grey fabric with tightly spaced, irregular horizontal woven lines

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Zinc Textile

Rabanne Steel

Chiaroscuro Fabric

Rabanne Steel has a cool, restrained character, built from fine horizontal lines that shift subtly between steel grey and deeper charcoal. Its close, even weave gives the surface a quietly tactile finish rather than a bold pattern.

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About this fabric

Viewed closely, the fabric is formed from tightly spaced, slightly irregular horizontal undulations, creating a small-scale linear texture across the cloth. The steel-grey ground is softened by darker threads within the weave, giving the colour depth without making it appear heavy or stark. The surface reads as finely woven and controlled, making this colourway a versatile choice for upholstery, cushions, or drapery where understated texture is preferred.

How to use it

Pair Rabanne Steel with pale stone, chalky white and cool timber for a calm contemporary scheme, or use it alongside charcoal accents to draw out the darker threads in its weave. Its cool grey tone is particularly effective on clean-lined seating and simple full-length curtains.

Use this cool steel-grey weave to bring understated texture to contemporary upholstery, cushions or softly tailored window treatments.

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.

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To stand against it

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