The term Jacquard comes up regularly in combination with ‘silk’. The Jacquard weaving technique is a special technique in which various thread colours are processed in 1 silk fabric, in a fantastic way. On the other hand we have printed fabrics: At first a plain silk fabric is woven and then the print is printed on it.
The term 'Jacquard' comes from the Frenchman Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), inventor of the programmable loom. This loom was later called the Jacquard loom and the silk which was produced by means of this special technique is called Jacquard silk.
