Close view of muted aviator blue weave with cream flecks and fine crosshatching

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Zinc Textile

Ilchester Aviator

Name: Ilchester Aviator
Brand: Zinc Textile

Ilchester Aviator brings a cool, airy blue-grey tone to the Holland Park collection. In this swatch, tiny cream and grey flecks sit within a close woven ground, while uneven cross-lines create a softly weathered grid.

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About this fabric

The Aviator colourway combines a washed blue with chalky cream and fine grey flecks. Its close weave is broken by irregular horizontal and vertical lines, giving the surface a quiet textile-like grid rather than a bold printed motif. Subtle shifts between pale and deeper blue-grey threads add depth as the light moves across the swatch. No performance features are noted in the supplied specification.

How to use it

Use this muted aviator blue where a room needs a calm, cool layer without a flat block of colour. It works naturally with chalky whites, pale grey upholstery and weathered timber, allowing the flecked weave to provide understated texture.

A cool, softly mottled blue-grey weave that brings quiet texture to upholstery or drapery.

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