A fifth-edition textbook on cotton weaving and designing by John T. Taylor, revised under F. Wilkinson of the Bolton Textile and Engineering School in 1905. It covers preparatory processes (winding, warping, sizing, beaming), hand and power looms, tappets, picking, drop-box and circular-box looms, dobbies, Jacquards and harnesses, leno and terry weaving, card cutting and lappets. The second half deals with the principles of designing (twills, satins, honeycomb, huck, double cloths, pile fabrics such as velvets and corduroys), figured design on point paper, and textile calculations including cloth costing. It is illustrated with many mechanical diagrams and point-paper weave drafts.

A reprint of John Taylor's early 17th-century verse 'The Praise of the Needle', reproduced from a photostat of the 1634 tenth edition of 'The Needles Excellency' (Huntington Library). The poem praises needlework as profitable, ornamental and virtuous, cites its Biblical origins, and lists stitches and sources of patterns from across Europe and beyond. It closes with sonnets honoring royal and noble needlewomen, including Katharine of Aragon, Mary I, Elizabeth I and the Countess of Pembroke. The pages show facsimile broadsides with woodcut borders alongside the text.