Woven and Textured Fabric
Woven and textured fabric earns its place through handle rather than print. Herringbones, bouclés, tweeds, jacquards and slubby weaves give a room substance and warmth, and their pattern, where there is one, is built into the cloth itself.
Sanderson are the bestselling name. Melford Weaves has a subtle herringbone texture, Tuscany II Weaves is a wonderfully robust linen in a palette of country colours, and Orwell Weaves includes Linden, a small-scale geometric taken from a French needlepoint. Harlequin offer Islay in Performance Boucle, a bouclé in sixteen natural shades that wipes clean, and sawtooth stripes in Indoor Outdoor Weaves II.
Clarke & Clarke bring the Morris archive into the weave in William Morris Weaves, where Acanthus Weave is a chenille carrying an imprint of the acanthus design, and Expressions has Calacatta, a jacquard named after Italian veined marble. Morris & Co offer Archive Weaves and Lethaby, inspired by William Richard Lethaby, and Villa Nova add the tactile Morandi Fabric Collection.
For the quietest weaves, see semi-plain fabric and plain fabric, or browse by construction with jacquard fabric and chenille fabric. The same instinct on a wall is herringbone wallpaper, and our piece on texture versus pattern is a helpful guide.
