A German-language textbook for loom (shaft) weaving by Franz Donat, a teacher at the imperial-royal weaving school in Warnsdorf, Bohemia, written for trade schools and self-study. It has three parts: weave theory (threading, tie-up, treadling, plain weave, twills, satins, crepe, compound and double cloths, piqué, matelassé, velvet and plush, terry, chenille, Smyrna knotting, leno/Dreher weaves), decomposition (analysing a fabric sample for yarn count, density, weave, loom set-up and finishing), and costing (calculation of selling price). It includes 57 colored plates of weave drawdowns, yarn-number conversion tables, and market price lists from 1892.