A catalogue of sixteen medieval Egypto-Arabic textile fragments in the Elsberg Collection, published in the Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club. Each entry describes a fragment's technique (tapestry borders on wool gauze, silk or wool embroidery on linen), design, inscriptions, stitches, dating (9th to 13th century), find place (Fayoum or Fostat) and size. Entries compare pieces with the Kühnel and Kendrick catalogues and note Sassanian and Eastern influences. Many pages are photographic plates and stitch details.

An article by Germaine Merlange on a group of Egypto-Arabic embroideries excavated in Egypt, from the collection of H. A. Elsberg. It outlines the periods of Arab rule in Egypt and discusses dating, silk and wool materials, and Sassanian influence on five Fayoum pieces worked on wool gauze. It also notes the stitches, including a Kufic inscription piece worked with drawn weft threads, and their later survival in the Greek Islands and Near East. The scan includes photographs of two textile fragments.