A 1940 magazine article arguing that good design, color and texture matter more in modern handwoven textiles than technical virtuosity. Drawing on the New York and San Francisco World's Fairs, it urges weavers to study design at an art school and presents Cranbrook Academy of Art, where Marianne Strengell teaches textile design and weaving. Photographs show Strengell, the Cranbrook weaving studio and grounds, and her half flossa rugs.

An illustrated 1941 article on the handwoven textiles at Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood, Oregon, a W.P.A. project built in 1937. It describes the lodge's architecture and the Oregon Art Project's work under designer Margery Hoffman Smith, who also taught women to weave. The handwoven pieces include dining room curtains, bedspreads and upholstery fabrics, mostly herringbone twills and crackle weave in linen warp and wool weft. Photographs show the lounges and guest rooms with their upholstery, curtains, hooked rugs and furniture.