What would you call this texture or fabric?

My fabric blindspot kicks in again. I nice, thick, rich black, chevron-patterned fabric, in a 60s cocktail dress 'styled by Fredé' in Sydney:




Here it is a bit lighter:



And here's the dress:


All suggestions welcome!

 

the top pic looks like textured velvet to me, the second looks machine embroidered. so i have no clue, but someone else surely will!

 

If that isn't stitched it could either be a matelasse (sp?) or you could call it a sculputered or embossed fabric. I would only use that as a last resort I guess.

 

Um... it may be embroidered/stitched... but it's quite deep 'relief' if you know what I mean. I think maybe I'll say sculpturally machine-embroidered, or stitched or something. Too wordy?!

 

How about a really cool geometric chevroned matelesse?
Hollis

 

I like it!! Thanks Hollis.

 

I 'third' the matelasse treatment! Cool!