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