backdrops; can anyone help me identify the material on this backdrop

[Foxtrot_01]

Hello All,
I hope I am posting in the right place.
Can anyone help me identify what is the material(velvet, satin, etc) used for backdrop on this picture?
THanks.

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[rufus5150]

Looks silky but that would be stupid expensive. Probably a polyester and if it's high end, microfiber.

 

[Alpha]

I would hazard a guess that it's a synthetic satin.

Black Charmeuse Lingerie Satin Sheets King

 

[JerryPH]

Velvet, the black hole of backdrops. Silly expensive but the best for backdrops next to a custom painted muslin backdrop.

You can tell it is velvet by the part on the floor and how it looks when the light hits it.

 

[rufus5150]

I have a velvet backdrop and it doesn't pool like that. That pool's indicative of a thinner material. Maybe it's thinner than what I have, but definitely doesn't pool the same at all.

 

[JerryPH]

There are a few different thicknesses, and this looks like the very thin one. Of course anyone could be wrong but at my last studio session we had this and it looked identical.

I thought I would enjoy shooting on black velvet, and it was ok... I suppose I expected more, or perhaps the stuff I used was very thin and perhaps the cheap stuff.

 

[Alpha]

Whatever's in that photo, it's way too thin to be real velvet. It's also reflecting much more light than velvet tends to.

 

[rufus5150]

Velvet would have more cat hair, too.

 

[CrimsonFoxPhotography]

Butter.