A fourth-edition textbook on designing ornament for woven fabrics, written for students, designers and manufacturers in textile schools. It moves from drawing practice and geometric construction to planning repeats (all-over, drop, turn-over, sateen arrangements), borders, corners and stripes, and the laws of ornamental composition. Later chapters cover conventionalising nature, plant and animal forms, traditional ornament, and the limits the weave structure places on design. It is illustrated with many plates and diagrams of patterns, repeat constructions and historical fabrics.