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Tomato Red Ultrasuede

I love the corduroy, and to tell you the truth, I love the brown. I would stick with corduroy, and choose a color that compliments your color scheme.

Cowhide.

I'm seeing great things with barkcloth; possibly a smaller-scale pattern in greys and oranges. Of course, I may be partial to orange. And to barkcloth, perhaps. Good luck with the redo!

I have two chairs that are similar, and I had them upholstered in chocolate brown microsuede. It looks great!

Any colour or pattern will go with a chrome frame. Let your imagination run wild.

Those are hot, hot, hot. Ultrasuede in chocolate brown, khaki, or sunny yellow, etc. Also, Ultrasuede is a very practical fabric. Very easy to clean.

There was a recent photo in one of shelter mags(sorry i forget which one) of a similar sofa in a slate gray/blue....it was gorgeous.

... i think it was on the cover of Elle Decor a few months ago.

Anyway it depends on your room - what is the rest of your furniture upholstered in? I like a velvet or a corduroy... but then again I'm a microsuede-hater and it seems like that's what everyone else wants you to do.

i second martita - cowhide!

velveteen, leather, or ultrasuede- something in a 'warm' texture to offset the cool feel of the chrome- in any color at all (imagine these in violet velveteen, for example- yum!)

As these chairs are representative of a very particular historical period (late 70s/early 80s), you'd do best to recover them in a fabric from the same era. It'll play up their kitsch value and show that you understand their heritage - nothing is sadder than an iconic piece of old furniture reupholstered in last year's trendy fabric.

You could certainly do worse than recovering them with the same chocolate-coloured velveteen. A bold floral in acid yellows and oranges from the late 70s would also work well.

It's really hard to go wrong with a microfiber fabric on a contemporary piece. I think some textured, woven fabrics would be pretty cool on it too.