Burnt ember terracotta fabric with irregular rippling striations and a softly textured surface

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Athénée Ember

Athénée Ember has a richly warm terracotta ground, animated by irregular, rippling striations that move vertically across the surface. The subtly rough visual texture gives this colourway depth without making the pattern feel overly busy.

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About this fabric

The image shows a saturated ember-red terracotta shade with darker and lighter bands creating an organic, almost weathered rhythm. Its softly broken lines resemble flowing grain or ripples, while the close surface texture keeps the design tactile in appearance. No composition, width or rub-test specification has been supplied for this exact fabric, and no performance features are noted, so suitability should be confirmed for the intended application.

How to use it

Use Athénée Ember to add enveloping warmth to a reading chair, headboard or full-length curtain, pairing its burnt terracotta depth with tobacco brown, aged brass and chalky neutrals. The irregular striation also works well against simpler plains and natural timber.

Use the warm ember tone to bring depth to upholstery, curtains or layered schemes with rust, tobacco and natural neutrals.

Zinc Textile Parisienne Fabric

Specification

Composition: 100% Trevira CS
Width: 138 cms (54.3 ")
Rub test (Martindale): 15,000 Careful Domestic
Suitable for: Curtains And Drapes, Upholstery
Style: Abstract, Moire
Aftercare: Do Not Bleach, Dry Clean In PCE, Do Not Tumble Dry, Cool Iron, Do Not Steam, Mch8 30degC Cold Rinse/Short Spin
Environmental: REACH Compliant, PFAS Free
Product type: Decorative Weave, Trevira CS
Sample size: 17cm x 13cm
Wyzenbeek: 10,000

Specification as published by Zinc Textile. We will confirm the current details with them before you order.

Made up by us

Every metre we order is cut, sewn and fitted in our own Heybridge workshop, with Simon over every stage. Reupholstery, bespoke pieces, curtains, blinds and headboards.

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Pairs well with

A pattern needs somewhere for the eye to rest, so these are the plains and textures that sit beside Athénée Ember without fighting it. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.