Two-page Portuguese encyclopedia entry on tapestry (tapeçaria). It surveys the history of tapestry from antiquity and the Middle Ages through the Flemish, Italian, English and French manufactories (Arras, Mortlake, Beauvais, Gobelins), then gives a technical section distinguishing high-warp, low-warp and needlepoint tapestry. The needlepoint part names the main stitches on single and Penelope canvas, with numbered stitch diagrams, and covers materials, frames and needles.

Three pages from a Portuguese-language encyclopedia entry on "Tecido" (fabric/tissue). The text defines the word and gives a short technical note on textiles: fabrics can be made from any fibre that forms a thread, and there are waterproof, fireproof and medicated fabrics, with surgical dressings. Most of the entry covers biological tissue: animal tissue types (epithelial, connective, muscular, nervous) and plant and pathological tissues. One page is a full-colour plate of Persian textile and carpet ornament, captioned "Tecidos Persas".