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Nell Taupe
Scandal Fabric
Nell Taupe is a warm, softly shaded taupe-brown fabric with a restrained, even appearance. Its surface is enlivened by fine horizontal striations that create subtle depth without introducing a visible motif.
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About this fabric
The swatch shows closely set horizontal lines in layered taupe and brown tones, giving the colourway a calm, grounded character. Its muted warmth avoids the flatness of a plain brown, while the delicate tonal variation catches the light across the surface. The fine, compact texture reads as tailored and versatile for either upholstery or drapery. No composition, width or rub-test specification is supplied for this listing.
How to use it
Use Nell Taupe where a warm, understated neutral is needed: it will sit comfortably against natural wood, oatmeal linen and deeper brown accents while retaining its softly striated texture.
Pair the warm taupe tone with timber, linen and softly contrasting neutral upholstery or curtains.
Pairs well with
Nell Taupe is a quiet cloth, so it carries a pattern beside it: one of these on the curtains and this on the chair. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.
Scorpio Champagne
Comet Collection
Caribou Mole
Eden Collection
Adisa Taupe
Amara
Makenzi Natural
Amara
Bellflower Wallpaper Pink/Green
Ashdown Wallpaper
Messina Wallpaper Stone
Ashdown Wallpaper
Odhni Damson
Amlapura Fabrics
Fidelio Cocoa
Arabella Wallpaper
Fabio Taupe
Acacia
Feather Coffee
Acacia
Akari Storm/Positano
Akari Weaves
Kinetic Mink
Anthology 03
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
London Clay
Farrow & Ball · #736660
To stand against it
Beige Shadow
Sanderson · #dbccb5
Other taupe fabrics
Across the houses we hold. See all 4,766.
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Tanit Tungsten
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Golconda Taupe
Salvador
Salvador Mineral
Salvador
Heddon Taupe
Sartorial
Sheepskin Linen
Sheepskin
Sheepskin Taupe
Sheepskin
Shornsheepskin Clay
Shorn Sheepskin
Spinner Spacedust
Spinner
Plan B Mineral
Superstars
