Ultrasuede is available in non-backed versions and backed with a poly woven fabric backing.
Unlike other tapes, the fabric backing gives duct tape strength yet allows it to be easily torn.
Another type of armour used by the Zhou was the wei jia, made of boiled leather with a fabric backing.
Modacrylics are also used in fleece, knit-pile fabric backings, and nonwoven fabrics.
Duct tape usually has a plastic-coated fabric backing and a strong adhesive.
It was made from small metal scales sewn to a fabric backing.
The earliest precursor to mail is so-called ringmail, in which the rings, instead of being linked together, are sewn directly onto a fabric backing.
Some modern quilts are made with an upper fabric layer, quilted to a layer of microfleece, perhaps without a fabric backing.
First, a fabric backing is cut to shape.
Most armour was made of hardened leather and iron, lanced together onto a fabric backing, sometimes silk.