China Seas Fabric: Melong Batik - Custom New Navy on Tinted Belgian Linen / Cotton

Melong Batik is the pattern that interior designers put on the mood board first and take off last. It has been in the China Seas line long enough to have survived every trend that tried to replace it, and the reason is simple: it is a small-scale geometric that does not behave like one. The interlocking circular lattice derives from Hmong batik work — wax-resist indigo cloth made in the highlands of mainland Southeast Asia — and what makes it impossible to dismiss is that the hand-drawn irregularity of the original survives the screen-printing process intact. Every circle is almost round. Every join is almost straight. That is not a flaw — it is the entire point. Two yards at 52" on Belgian linen-cotton is a pair of pillows that will anchor a sofa for the next decade.

New Navy on Tinted is the Melong Batik colorway that sells when every other colorway has been considered and set aside. The navy is dense enough to read as structure and the tinted ground has the warmth of paper that has been left in the sun — not white, not cream, but the color linen turns when you stop trying to keep it white. Together they produce something that coordinates with everything and matches nothing, which is exactly why your designer keeps reaching for it.

Please note: Colors may not represent accurately in photo. Additional photo(s) provided to show scale, not colorway.  All sales are final.  We do not send cuttings for approval.