An encyclopedia article on costume by Russell Sturgis, defining costume as traditional or national dress as distinct from changing fashion. It surveys dress from ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, covering garments such as the peplos, chiton, toga, bracae, hose, doublets and women's gowns. Illustrated with line engravings of Greek vase-paintings, Roman statues and medieval dress.

An encyclopedia article defining textiles or textile fabrics and explaining in general terms how woven cloth is made. It covers the basic action of the loom, plain weave, twill, satin, gingham, damask, brocade, ribbed silks and velvet (cut, uncut and pile upon pile), plus metallic threads and a brief history of decorative weaving in Egypt, Western Asia and Europe. It closes with a bibliography of works on textile design, Oriental carpets, medieval fabrics and church vestments.