Kirkby Design
2,430 fabrics from Kirkby Design, photographed into our library across 79 collections. Narrow them in the finder, then feel the shortlist at the Heybridge showroom.
- Where
- Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England
- Known for
- Graphic contemporary upholstery cloths and wallcoverings
About Kirkby Design
Kirkby Design is one of the six brands of The Romo Group, and dates itself only loosely: its own about page says it has been going for over a decade. The group behind it was founded in 1902 by Robert Mould, who started a small furniture manufacturing business in Nottingham, and it is still family run in its fifth generation from Sutton-in-Ashfield.
Upholstery cloth is what Kirkby Design is mainly known for, alongside contemporary drapery fabrics and wallcoverings. It works in texture as much as pattern, using constructions such as wool, chenille boucle and quilted velvet, and mixes bold designs with quiet ones. It has also run some genuinely unusual collaborations: with Jon Burgerman, Tom Dixon, Eley Kishimoto, and with Transport for London, reinterpreting the moquette patterns from the Underground.
Moquette is a serious upholstery cloth and it is no accident that it turns up here. If a piece is going somewhere punishing, a Kirkby texture is often the one that survives it while still looking designed.
Sources, checked in July 2026: kirkbydesign.com/company/about-us, kirkbydesign.com/brands, romo.com/company/about-us
The collections we hold.
Every one of these is photographed, tagged and searchable. Open a collection in the finder, or ask us to bring the book.
Sahara Iii
107 fabrics
Smooth Iii
88 fabrics
Crush Iii
85 fabrics
Ice Ii
57 fabrics
Chelsea Ii
54 fabrics
Soho
49 fabrics
Utility
48 fabrics
Pergola
47 fabrics
Picnicoutdoor
46 fabrics
Fabric collections and photography courtesy of the fabric houses we hold.
The palette, as it actually falls.
Counted across the whole range we hold, not chosen. Each swatch opens the fabric it was taken from.
grey
357
beige
222
taupe
192
teal
191
blue
174
green
157
cream
153
terracotta
143
brown
134
olive
121
What it is, and what it will take.
- Pattern
- plain (1,354), textured (433), geometric (337)
- Made for
- upholstery (1,343), curtains and upholstery (855), wallpaper (135), curtains (97)
- Types
- Fabric (2,220), Wallpaper (135), Outdoor (75)
This house does not publish a technical specification with its fabrics online. We take composition, width and rub test off the pattern book for you before anything is ordered.
Where we use it.
Houses that sit well beside it.
- Romo2,998 fabrics in the library
- VillanovaContemporary prints, weaves and wallcoverings
- Zinc Textile1,238 fabrics in the library
Bring the room, we will bring the books.
Send a photograph and a rough size and we will reply with a personal quote, using an average price fabric.