Arlington Samples

Colour is the hardest thing to judge on a screen. An Arlington swatch settles it. You can hold the fabric against your walls, your flooring and your bedding, look at it in the morning and again under lamplight, and only then decide whether it is the one.

One honest caveat. Because every bed is upholstered individually and each length of fabric is cut from its own roll, the finished bed can differ slightly in colour from the sample in your hand. Scale plays its part too: a shade that looks quiet on a small square often reads deeper stretched across a headboard, and it will shift again with the light in your room.

• A physical piece of our Arlington fabric, sent out to you
• Compare it at home against paint, carpet, curtains and bedding
• Check it in daylight and under lamps before you order a bed
• Order more than one swatch to narrow down a shortlist