A technical manual from Cassell's Manuals of Technology on the principles of designing woven textile fabrics, combining decoration with sound cloth structure. It covers yarn structure, twills and their rearrangement and combination, stripes and checks, double and multi-ply cloths, figured cloths, extra warp and weft figuring, lappet weaving, gauze and net, and pile fabrics such as velveteen, plush and chenille. It includes about 108 diagrams, many point-paper drawdowns, and several coloured plates of printed or woven patterns.