de Le Cuona | Knitted Wool Throw – Cacao

This is a knitted wool throw in Cacao, a deep, warm brown that sits somewhere between milk chocolate and bitter cocoa. Because it is knitted rather than woven, it has a softness and a little give that a flat-woven blanket does not, and it drapes rather than sits. The colour is dense enough to anchor a pale sofa and quiet enough not to compete with the furniture around it. In a room of stone, linen and light oak, it supplies the one dark, warm note that stops the scheme feeling washed out.

The throw is from de Le Cuona, reference KNW2T, and it is sold each, not by the metre. It is 105 cm wide. We have not been given the length, the exact fibre content or the care details, and we do not want to state what we cannot confirm. Ask us before you buy if the length matters for your use, and we will check the specification for you rather than leave you to assume.

We would put it over the arm of a linen sofa, where the dark brown outlines the shape and gives people something to reach for. At the foot of a bed it works well folded in thirds across a pale coverlet. It also earns its place over the back of a reading chair, or draped on an ottoman in a study. As a pairing, we like it with oatmeal and ivory linens, brass or bronze lamp bases, and a single cushion in rust or a muted olive to bring in a second tone.

Treat it as you would any good wool. Fold it rather than hang it on a hook, which can stretch the knit over time, and keep it away from direct radiators and strong sun, which can dry and fade the fibre. If you are matching it to existing upholstery, hold it against the cloth in daylight before deciding, as brown reads very differently against warm and cool backgrounds. We would check the care label on delivery and follow it closely.