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Crushed Velvet

Entity: crushed velvet bed fabric

Close view of a plush velvet headboard and matching upholstered bed
Many bed words describe fabric, shape or storage — this is how they look in a room.

In short

Crushed velvet is a pile fabric finished for varied fibre direction and mottled sheen. Sit marks can show as temporary pile crush. Retailers offer it in colourways such as cream, silver, black, and mink. It is a cover choice for upholstered beds and headboards, not a different mattress construction.

Definition. Crushed velvet is a pile fabric finished so fibre direction varies. That creates a mottled sheen. It is popular on tufted headboards and upholstered bed frames.

Common on Chesterfield and buttoned faces because tufting reads clearly in pile fabrics.