Baize

a coarse woolen fabric, with a close nap on one side. Baize is dyed usually red or green. It is used for linings, desk covers, curtains, and to fill screens and screen doors.

Baker, The, and The Baker's Wife, names popularly given to Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette, because they gave bread to the starving mob at Versailles, October 6, 1789. See French Revolution