# The same silhouette. A different fabric direction.

Bring a furniture photo and a fabric swatch. Explore upholstery color, weave, or pattern before ordering a physical sample or making a prototype.

**Audience:** For visual exploration from your own references

[Try fabric swatch on furniture](/try/fabric-swatch-on-furniture/start)

## How it works

Fabric swatch on furniture, from your own image.

1. **Bring your references** — Upload the furniture and a well-lit swatch photo. Include a ruler or repeat size when pattern scale matters.
2. **Describe the direction** — Identify the upholstered surfaces and ask to retain the legs, frame, seams, and overall furniture shape.
3. **Review the concept** — Check pattern direction, repeat scale, seams, and color against the real fabric. Compare colorways one at a time.

## Example prompt

```
Reupholster only the chair's fabric panels using the muted olive woven fabric shown in the sample card. Preserve the exact silhouette, cushion seams, piping, timber base, camera, lighting and studio background. Keep the fabric sample card at lower right unchanged. Show convincing small-scale woven texture, not leather or velvet.
```

## From reference to concept.

A generated source, its edited result, and a closer look at the same result. Use the comparison above to inspect what changed.

- **Chair and fabric sample** — The generated source image used as the edit reference.
- **Upholstery concept** — The result of the task-specific edit, using that source image.
- **The upholstery weave** — A tightly framed detail from this result, shown at three times the scale of the full view.

## Benefits

- **Bring your references** — Upload the furniture and a well-lit swatch photo. Include a ruler or repeat size when pattern scale matters.
- **Describe the direction** — Identify the upholstered surfaces and ask to retain the legs, frame, seams, and overall furniture shape.
- **Review the concept** — Check pattern direction, repeat scale, seams, and color against the real fabric. Compare colorways one at a time.

## Tips

- Upload the furniture and a well-lit swatch photo. Include a ruler or repeat size when pattern scale matters.
- Identify the upholstered surfaces and ask to retain the legs, frame, seams, and overall furniture shape.
- Check pattern direction, repeat scale, seams, and color against the real fabric. Compare colorways one at a time.

## Fabric swatch on furniture questions

### What should I upload for fabric swatch on furniture?

Upload the furniture and a well-lit swatch photo. Include a ruler or repeat size when pattern scale matters.

### Can this show an exact fabric color and repeat?

No. A swatch helps communicate the fabric, but color, weave, and pattern scale can shift. Use actual samples and supplier specifications for final upholstery decisions.

### How should I check the result?

Check pattern direction, repeat scale, seams, and color against the real fabric. Compare colorways one at a time.

### Can I refine the concept in the same conversation?

Yes. Tell Bob which parts to change and which to retain. Refer back to your original images and review each new concept for unintended changes.

Fabric color, weave, repeat, seams, and drape are approximate. The result is not a textile proof, material specification, or production-ready upholstery drawing.

## Related workflows

- [Furniture in a room](/try/furniture-in-a-room.md)
- [Furniture set in one scene](/try/furniture-set-in-one-scene.md)
- [Dining set render](/try/dining-set-render.md)

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