Weaving brocade is a highly intricate and labor-intensive ... from the Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD), "it takes 60 days to weave around 33 meters of brocade." Even the experienced weavers at that ...

v=osCPWMyJOj8&w=470] The Jacquard loom, invented in the early 1800s, used punched cards to manufacture relatively complex textiles such as damask and brocade. These punched cards were eventually ...