A 1921 catalogue of the Textile Machinery collection at the Science Museum, South Kensington, with descriptive and historical notes on each numbered object. It covers cotton, wool and silk preparing and spinning machinery, looms and shedding motions including Jacquard apparatus, knitting machinery, finishing, dyeing and printing machinery, sewing machines, and rope-making machines. Each entry gives the donor, date received and an account of how the machine works. Three plates of photographs, a list of donors and an index are included.