Thanks for posting Bill - the one I'm actually installing on an accent wall is a true basketweave - and a touch rougher, but this was the closest picture I could find. I see you share my husband's skepticism - if any one has any ideas of a border that would complement this, without looking like a bad match, please pass it on.

Hmmm, nope, not really a chance I would want to use that for a backsplash - if you cook at all, you'll be at it with a toothbrush all the time trying to get it clean and it will never really get there. You are so very right to be concerned about cleaning it. In our early parts of planning, I had someone at a design place show me a dimensional tile like that and he was so pleased, saying how wonderful it would look in kitchens. I stopped him dead when I asked if he included a cleaning service for the life of the kitchen because that's what it would require for me to put something in my kitchen was was so cleaning-unfriendly.

Dawn, you were right. I emailed the designer and she told me it's St. Petersburg. We don't have an AS dealer anywhere near to us, so I could order them through her. The price as shown in the mag is nearly $100 a sf plus shipping and tax. I could save about 50% by not using the inserts, but that's what makes the tile IMO. We need about 20sf, so this is a major purchase. We'll see after Christmas.

Wow. Those are gorgeous.