brocade

A decorative, shuttle-woven fabric with a raised pattern, often made in colored silk and sometimes with gold or silver threads. Brocading is produced by adding a supplementary weft to the structural weft that holds the warp threads together.

Huipil panel. Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Cotton in plain weave brocaded with cotton and silk. 1890-1910. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.