Cristina Marrone
Sourced from the finest mills and yarns in the world, designed or selected by Cristina for designer look, quality and value — without the designer price.
Visit collection ↗Showroom on Grosvenor Street
Domestic and commercial fabrics & leathers.
Over 9,000 fabrics to choose from in our Stalybridge showroom, across twelve trade-leading suppliers. Wipe-clean, plains, patterns, plaids, designer ranges, faux leathers and vinyls, and real leather, in every colour we can get. Pop in for your home piece, or send the brief and we'll send a specifier sample pack with FR / IMO certs for the job.
For homes: ranges run from £15 per metre for everyday weaves up to about £120 per metre for premium velvets and Italian jacquards. About 70% of homeowners land in the £25-£30 per metre band -- the value sweet-spot. For commercial work: fabric is specified against your brief; quoted itemised with FR cert documentation.
Suppliers we stock
Twelve brands across domestic, contract, performance and leather. Click through for the full collection on the maker’s site, or visit the showroom to see swatches in person.
Ross Fabrics
Established 1933. A comprehensive range of upholstery fabrics manufactured to the highest standards using up-to-date yarns and techniques.
Visit collection ↗Crest Leathers
A leading global producer of high-quality finished leather for upholstery — residential, contract, hospitality and design. Tanneries in Italy and Brazil.
Visit collection ↗Futura Leathers
Founded in Italy in 1985. ISO 9001-certified leathers inspected batch-by-batch — on-trend in colour, feel and texture, suitable for a wide range of applications.
Visit collection ↗Nene Valley Leather
UK leather suppliers and the exclusive UK partner of Italian tannery GM Leather. Hides put through five stages of selection and quality control, for residential, contract, hospitality, automotive and marine work.
Visit collection ↗Sunbury Design
A reputable supplier to the contract furnishing industry. Practical, hardwearing and serviceable fabrics — without compromising design, colour or desirability.
Visit collection ↗Wemyss
Over 70 years of experience and the masters of plains. Every fabric expertly woven, with extensive colours that ensure the perfect match every time.
Visit collection ↗J Brown Fabrics
Renowned within the furnishings industry for innovative designs and qualities combined with a sophisticated colour palette.
Visit collection ↗Art of The Loom
A brand dedicated to pure, natural-fibre fabrics. Strong "Buy British" ethos — supporting UK textile manufacturing and finishing.
Visit collection ↗Agua Fabrics
A four-generation family business specialising in technical soft fabrics and faux leathers — durable, fire retardant, waterproof, stain-resistant and anti-microbial.
Visit collection ↗Warwick Fabrics
Creators of exclusive furnishing fabric for domestic and commercial interiors. Sold through shops and independent designers across the country.
Visit collection ↗Chieftain Fabrics
Over 60 years specialising in high-quality performance fabric and contract upholstery. Inherently better fabric — technically capable, consistent and great-looking.
Visit collection ↗Recycled and natural fibres
The eco options, without the greenwash.
Reupholstery is already the low-waste choice. Recovering a frame keeps a whole sofa out of landfill, and an older hardwood frame will usually outlast anything new at the same money. If you want to go further than that, three of the ranges we stock have something real behind the word. We will show you the mill's own paperwork rather than a badge we invented.
Cristina Marrone
Messina, Adrano, Circo
Messina and Adrano are woven from 100% recycled polyester yarn, and Circo is part recycled. Their GreenFR flame-retardant coating is halogen-free and accredited to ZDHC wastewater standards, so a recycled fabric can still be treated for commercial use.
Agua Fabrics
VerdEco
Woven from 100% recycled fibres with no water used in production, and still certified Crib 5, BS 5852 and IMO Annex 1. Breathable and bleach cleanable, so recycled and compliant on the same job: hospitality, workplace, marine.
Art of The Loom
Natural fibres, woven in Britain
Wool, linen, cotton and viscose only, with a Buy British ethos behind UK weaving and finishing. Six British woven Shetland wool collections, hand woven Harris Tweed, and the Herriot collection.
Ask for the recycled or natural-fibre books when you visit and we will pull them off the wall. For a commercial job we send the composition and the fire certificate with the sample pack, so your specifier can check the claim instead of taking our word for it.
What to look for
Picking fabric isn’t just colour.
- Rub test (Martindale). 15,000+ for general domestic, 25,000+ for heavy domestic, 40,000+ for contract and hospitality.
- Fire safety: inherent vs treated. All UK upholstery covers must meet the 1988 Furniture Fire Safety Regulations, and Crib 5 is the standard for commercial and contract work. Nearly any fabric can get there. Some ranges leave the mill inherently Crib 5, with the fire resistance built into the fibre; the rest are sent away for FR treatment and come back certified. Either route gives you the certificate for your compliance file, and IMO certification for marine work is specified the same way. Inherent FR is the one that keeps its rating through years of cleaning and wear, so tell us the job and we'll say which route the fabric you like takes.
- Pattern repeat. Bigger repeats need more metres to match cushions, arms and back panels. We calculate this for you so you don’t under-order.
- Wipe-clean vs woven. Agua’s technical fabrics look like fabric and behave like vinyl — ideal for kids, pets, kitchens and caravans.
- Leather grades. Crest, Futura and Nene Valley cover the spectrum from full-grain residential to performance leathers built for contract and hospitality wear.
Got a piece in mind?
Bring a photo — we'll narrow the fabric choice down before you even sit on a swatch.