Abstract: A textile substrate for seat covering contains about 50 wt % of wool and about 50 wt % of viscose rayon. The substrate can be made exclusively of wool and viscose rayon, but can also contain other constituents such as metal threads and plastic fibers, such as polyesters. The substrate can be formed as a woven fabric, for example, which comprises in the warp a mixed yarn of 30 to 70 wt % of wool and 30 to 70 wt % of viscose rayon and in the weft a mixed yarn of 30 to 70 wt % of wool and 30 to 70 wt % of viscose rayon alternating with a pure viscose rayon yarn.

Abstract: A textile substrate for seat covers, a woven fabric or a knitted fabric, especially Raschel or Malimo, contains at least 40% by weight of wool and at least 15% by weight of ramie, but always more than 85% by weight of both taken together. The substrate can consist exclusively of wool and ramie but can also contain further constituents, preferably of animal or vegetable origin such as cotton, linen, hemp or else natural rubber. To obtain antistatic properties, it can contain incorporated metal threads. Minor proportions of synthetic fibres, for example polyester, are also possible. The substrate can be formed for example as a woven fabric with a blend yarn (1) of 80% by weight of wool and 20% by weight of ramie in the warp and ramie threads (2) in the weft.