Brocade

a silken fabric having a raised pattern usually of flowers or foliage, interwoven with gold and silver. The raised appearance is produced by throwing the warp or weft threads into relief in the process of weaving. At one time embroideries were called brocades. The invention of the Jacquard attachment to the ordinary loom made possible the production of fabrics showing raised figures, and gave rise to a distinction between embroidery and brocade or loom-figured goods. At present any fabric, whether of silk, wool, or cotton, having raised figures produced in the loom, is called brocade. See Jacquard