An article tracing the history of cotton and linen printing in eighteenth-century Ireland, drawn from premiums, petitions, advertisements and directories. It covers early block and wax-resist printing at Palmerstown and Ballsbridge, the copperplate printing at Drumcondra, Leixlip and Temple-Oge, and the later copper-cylinder printing of Edward Clarke. It centers on the "Volunteer Furniture" chintz of 1783, printed with Lord Charlemont's review in Phoenix Park, which is illustrated as Plate I and described as the only securely identified Irish chintz.

Article on the Royal Manufactory for Printed Cottons at Avila, Spain, founded in 1787 by two Englishmen and operating until 1799. It covers the Bourbon policy of establishing royal factories, the labor troubles and managerial failures at Avila, and the 1920 rediscovery of factory records and printed cotton samples in the archives at Simancas. Plates reproduce chintz samples with large floral patterns, swags, flowering baskets and stripes, which the author describes as French in parentage with a Spanish boldness of design and color.

Article describing the 1937-38 excavations beneath Orléans Cathedral, which uncovered remains of earlier churches, mosaic pavements and three bishops' tombs. The author concentrates on the silk textiles from the tombs: a bishop's hose (caligae) and sandals, a twill-woven chasuble with griffin, lion and eagle motifs, and a possible alb with a lozenge pattern and decorative border. Also covers the crozier, chalice and enamel glove medallions found with them. Illustrated with plates of the site, mosaics, metalwork, textile fragments and pattern reconstructions.