Simon Houlding Upholstery
Warm putty taupe fabric with a dense, irregular looped surface

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Drake Putty

Drake Fabric

Drake Putty has a warm, muted taupe tone that sits between beige and grey. Its surface is densely covered in tiny irregular loops, creating a softly pebbled texture across the swatch.

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About this fabric

The close looped construction gives this colourway a substantial, tactile appearance suited to upholstery. Putty’s balanced beige-grey tone feels softly grounded rather than strongly warm or cool, while the uneven loops create gentle tonal depth as the light moves across the surface. Small variations in the pile keep the plain colour from appearing flat. This is catalogued as a fabric from Zinc Textile’s Drake collection, with no performance features supplied for this colourway.

How to use it

Use Drake Putty on a curved armchair, sofa or ottoman where its warm grey-beige tone can soften darker timber and complement natural linens, stone and muted earthy shades.

A softly nubby putty taupe for relaxed, tactile upholstery schemes.

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Pairs well with

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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

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To stand against it

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