Cool grey Athne fabric with wavering vertical striations and pale rubbed highlights

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Athénée Tungsten

Athénée Tungsten brings a cool, mineral grey ground to an abstract vertical design. Pale, uneven tracery breaks through the darker field, while the close weave gives the surface a quietly tactile, lightly reflective finish.

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About this fabric

The visible pattern is built from wavering vertical channels, narrow ripples and broader clouded marks, creating a fluid, almost weathered rhythm across the cloth. In this Tungsten colourway, the graphite-grey base keeps the design restrained and cool, while irregular pale grey lines catch the light without becoming bright or high-contrast. A fine horizontal woven grain can be seen beneath the larger striations, adding subtle surface depth. It is catalogued as Fabric; no composition, width or performance specifications are supplied, so no technical claims are made here.

How to use it

Use Athénée Tungsten where a cool graphite backdrop and softly contrasting pale movement can balance warm timber, brushed metal or chalky neutral furnishings.

Pair the cool graphite ground and pale tracery with timber, stone or softly coloured upholstery for a composed, contemporary scheme.

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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 Tungsten without fighting it. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.