French spicy red/violet/raffia brocade

This wonderful jacquard brocade from a French mill has a rich and vivid coloring with a touch of irridescence, and the centers of the flowers are woven with thicker pastel-toned raffia fibers that add texture, contrast and firmness to the weave, color and drape. The intricate boxy, flowery design is both charming and elegant (12.5" repeat), and the colors include a vivid paprika-red tone, which is mixed with lime and cobalt in some areas to create the various shadings like a brick and violet (PANTONE 17-1654, 18-1444, 19-3536 are approximations of the overall color mixes). It's a suiting-weight brocade, opaque with firmness to the drape yet it's very malleable and soft, and would make a wonderful jacket or evening coat, long vest, pouffy or fitted skirt, etc. Because there's no stretch, it can be oriented either way. Beautiful quality, and what a fabulous price!! Dry cleaning recommended.