The backing is a flat cotton blend woven in rust and brown (you can see a bit of it at the top of the middle left photo) in a diagonal twill pattern
darker on one side
origin: Aldo Bianchi/Italy
salt/pepper gray and army green with red highlights (PANTONE 14-6340
Italian red spice basketweave all wool boucle' 1 yard Fabric Length:Swatch Sample The backing is a flatThis is from a group of boucles, fancy tweeds, etc. from one of my favorite suppliers! They are all very high end, luxury fabrics, pricey, but SO worth it for the quality, hand, richness of texture and design. This one is EXQUISITE, an all wool suiting with variously textured yarns in shades of coral red, brick, light gray, dark mushroom, violet, purple, with touches of lime, citrine, light pink, etc. (PANTONE 17 1654, 16 1541, 18 1434, 17 3628,