Extracts from a 1918 club lecture comparing primitive and antique looms from many cultures. It describes South Sea Islander, Alaskan, ancient Greek, Egyptian, Navajo, Zuni and Hopi, Indian hill tribe, Peruvian, tapestry (Gobelin and Beauvais), Chinese, and Colonial/Swedish looms. It emphasizes how the basic warp and weft principle carries through to complex heddle and pedal looms.