Encyclopedia Britannica (11th ed.) article on textile printing, covering the history of the craft and its technology. Part I describes the five printing methods (hand block, perrotine, engraved plate, engraved roller, stencilling), roller engraving, thickeners, dyes and mordants, discharge and resist styles, steaming/ageing apparatus, finishing and wool printing, with some recipes. Part II covers art and archaeology, from Coptic and medieval Rhenish printed textiles to later European cotton prints, illustrated by two plates of fragments.