It is a beautiful headboard.  Well finished.  The colour has a biege undertone it - noticeable when I placed grey sheets on the bed.  It is a woven fabric of charcoal and cream.  We used this headboard on a platform bed with no boxspring and allowed for the smallest gap possible between matress and headboard - resulting in the posts holding the headboard to show several inches above it.  We will have to cut the posts shorter so they dont show.  No fault of the headboard, but fyi if you have a low bed.  Delivery was as expected.  It was packaged well.  Very pleased with this purchase.