A one-page alphabetical glossary of cotton and cotton-blend fabrics, running from Black Cloth to French Percale, from the December 1896 Indian Textile Journal. Entries give short trade definitions covering fiber content, weave type, finish, width, weight and typical uses. The article is reprinted from The Wool and Cotton Reporter of Boston and is marked to be continued.

A one-page installment of an alphabetical glossary of cotton fabrics from the Indian Textile Journal, January 1897, covering entries from Gingham to Satine. Each entry gives a short description of the cloth's construction, fibre content, finish, typical width or weight, country of manufacture and uses. Entries include gingham, grenadine, jaconet, madras, muslin, nainsook, organdie, percale, pique and robes.

A single page from the Indian Textile Journal, February 1897, carrying two items. The first is a short piece on cleaning carpets, tracing the shift from beating with sticks to beater machines and compressed-air jets, with details of a London steam carpet cleaning works. The second is the concluding part of a glossary of cotton fabrics, with entries from Scrim to Wide Sheetings that define each cloth's use, finish and construction.

Article from the Indian Textile Journal (October 1896) reproducing Robert P. Porter's account of the rise of mechanized cotton spinning in Japan. It gives statistical tables on yarn imports and domestic production, per-head consumption, spindle counts (1890-1895), and numbers and daily wages of male and female mill operatives. Two illustrations show a Japanese hand loom and a hand gin (churka) with an ancient spinning device. The scan also includes short unrelated trade items on wages at Howard and Bullough's Accrington works, Turkey red yarn imports into India, and clean small castings.

A single-page 1897 article from the Indian Textile Journal on the primitive Indian pit hand loom. It speculates on the origins of weaving from mat plaiting, describes the loom's construction (bamboo reed, healds, cloth beam on stakes, weaver seated with legs in a pit), and gives production figures of about nine yards per day. It covers weaver and family earnings, competition between hand-woven and imported English cloth, and the introduction of a new domestic foot loom by Bradbury, Brady & Co. of Bombay. Includes a photograph of an Indian hand loom weaver.

A March 1898 article from a Bradford correspondent of the Indian Textile Journal on making cheap low worsted coatings in Yorkshire's heavy woollen district. It gives layouts for three classes of cloth (worsted warp with shoddy weft, with cotton and shoddy weft, and with worsted and cotton warp), including ends, reed, picks, yarn counts and 10- and 12-shaft weave drafts. It closes with 12-shaft honey-comb and related designs for ladies' dress goods, with warp and weft colour orders.

A March 1898 article by the Bradford correspondent of the Indian Textile Journal on making cheap low worsted coatings in the Yorkshire heavy woollen district. It describes three constructions (worsted warp with shoddy weft, worsted warp with cotton and shoddy weft, and a two-beam cloth with worsted and cotton warp), giving ends, reeds, picks, yarn counts and drawdowns for 10- and 12-shaft weaves. It also covers the origin of mungo and shoddy and gives 12-shaft honeycomb-type dress goods designs with colour and yarn details.

A January 1898 article from the Indian Textile Journal by its Bradford correspondent on making woollen serges, aimed at Indian manufacturers. It gives layouts for a 12-oz. summer suiting (four-end twill) and an 18-oz. suiting (six-end twill), with yarn counts, reed, picks per inch, and finishing advice such as dressing, carbonizing, scouring, gigging and shearing. It also covers cotton-warp and worsted serges, with two additional fancy twill draft grids. The page ends with an unrelated news item on a trade mark dispute over the word "Pirle".

A January 1898 article by the Indian Textile Journal's Bradford correspondent on making woollen serges, aimed at Indian manufacturers. It gives particulars for a 12-oz. four-end twill serge and an 18-oz. six-end twill serge suiting (yarn counts, reed, width, picks per inch, weights), notes on dressing the warp, finishing and dyeing, and a short section on worsted serges. Two ornamental twill weaves on 16 ends are shown as drawdown grids. The page ends with an unrelated note on a trade mark dispute over the word "Pirle".

A single page from the Indian Textile Journal, January 1898, with a short weaving design note and a large drawdown grid for a damask cloth. The note gives cloth particulars: 18's warp, 26's weft, 50 per cent size, 32's reed, 56 picks, with 4 dent plain and 8 picks plain at the sides. The top of the page carries the end of an unrelated article on Indian mill labour (wages, debt, strikes) and photographs of the staff of the Sassoon Spinning and Weaving Company's mills in Bombay.

A single page from the Indian Textile Journal (February 1898) presenting a damask weaving design as a large dot-matrix drawdown, with particulars of 16's warp, 16's black alizarine weft, 56's reed and 56 picks, 50 percent size, and plain picks and ends around the pattern. The page also carries a short unrelated item on the economy of superheated steam in engines.

A one-page article from the Indian Textile Journal presenting a woven design with a large drawdown grid. The brief text says the design suits table cloths, sofa covers and silk sarees, and gives particulars: 16's warp and weft, 56's reed, 56 picks, 50 percent size, double draft, single pick and straight draft pattern. It advises using plain draft and plain picks round the group as desired.

A short note from the Indian Textile Journal, May 1897, presenting a woven design for sofa covers, table cloths and similar goods, suitable for cotton or silk. It gives basic cloth particulars: 16's warp, 16's black Alizarine weft, 56 reed, 56 picks and 50 percent size. A large black-and-white grid shows the pattern as a drawdown with an irregular diagonal and block design.

A one-page note from the Indian Textile Journal (June 1897) presenting a weaving design suitable for sofa covers and table cloths, usable in cotton or silk. It gives cloth particulars: 16's warp, 16's black Alizarine weft, 56 reed, 56 picks and 50 percent size, and advises leaving picks and ends around the group as desired. The design is shown as a large square drawdown grid with no threading, tie-up or treadling.

A single-page design supplement from the Indian Textile Journal, July 1897, presenting a large drawdown of a woven pattern. The brief note says it suits sofa covers and table cloths, in cotton or silk, and gives cloth details: 16's warp, 16's black Alizarine weft, 56 reed, 56 picks and 50 percent size. It advises leaving as many picks and ends around the motif group as desired.

A one-page item from the Indian Textile Journal, August 1897, presenting a weaving design for sofa covers and table cloths. It gives a large grid drawdown of the pattern with diagonal and blocky motifs. A short note lists the particulars: 16's warp, 16's white or black Alizarine weft, 52's red, 52 picks and 50 percent size.

A one-page item from the Indian Textile Journal, September 1897, presenting a woven design intended for covers and table cloths. The short text gives cloth particulars: 16's warp, 16's black Alizarine weft, 50 percent size, 56 reed and 56 picks, with a plain-weave border of 20 ends and 20 picks around the group. The page is dominated by a large drawdown grid of filled and empty squares showing the pattern.

A single page from the Indian Textile Journal (February 1898) with a damask weaving design shown as a drawdown grid of dark and light cells. A short note gives the cloth particulars: 16's warp, 16's black alizarine weft, 56's reed, 56 picks, and 50 percent size, with plain picks and ends around the pattern. The page also carries an unrelated item on the economy of superheated steam in engines.

A single page from the Indian Textile Journal (April 1898) with a short note on aluminium impurities and a damask weaving design. The design is a large point-paper drawdown grid with brief cloth particulars: 16s warp, 16s weft, 56-reed, 60 picks, 50 percent size, with plain ends and picks around the pattern.

A one-page item from the Indian Textile Journal (May 1898) presenting a large weaving draft for a damask-style pattern. The brief text gives cloth particulars: 16's warp, 16's Alizarine black weft, 56's reed, 56 picks and 50 percent size, with plain picks and ends to be added around the pattern. The page also carries an unrelated short piece, reprinted from Practical Engineer, urging manufacturers to include dimensions and weights in their catalogues.

A single journal page from The Indian Textile Journal, September 1898, presenting a damask weaving design as a large square-grid drawdown. The caption gives particulars: 20's warp, 20's weft, 50 per cent size, 50's reed and 50 picks, with a note to leave extra warp ends and weft picks around the group. The page also carries unrelated columns on forced draught for steam plants and a book review of a course in mechanical drawing.

A one-page item from the Indian Textile Journal (November 1897) giving particulars for two weaving designs, Nos. 1 and 2, intended for bed-covers and tablecloths. Specifications include 16's warp, 16's black Alizarine weft, 50 per cent size, 56's reed and 56 picks, with 20 ends and 20 picks of plain weave around the group. Design No. 2 is shown as a pixel-style grid image, but no drafts are printed. The page also carries unrelated text on a new tropical African cotton variety and a proposed trial in India by Mr. Tata of Bombay.

Two pages from the December 1897 Indian Textile Journal. They carry two weaving designs (Design No. 1 and No. 2) printed as square-grid draft patterns, with a short note giving the cloth particulars: 16's warp and 16's grey weft, 56's reed, 56 or 60 picks, 50 percent size, and plain picks and ends round the pattern. The pages also hold an unrelated report on the Bombay Boiler Inspection department.

A single journal page from The Indian Textile Journal, April 1898, with a short "Weaving Design" item for damask cloth. It gives the cloth particulars (16's warp and weft, grey, 56's reed, 60 picks, 50 percent size) and a large point-paper drawdown grid of the damask pattern, with plain picks and ends to be taken around the pattern. The page also carries an unrelated note, "Bad Aluminium," on impurities such as sodium in aluminium cooking vessels in India.

A single page from the Indian Textile Journal (October 1896) with a weaving design for bed sheets or charsas, given as a large drawdown with specifications for reed, picks, warp and weft, sizing and drawing-in (Pattern V, drawn in a V form). The page also carries a short news item on a shuttleless, self-feeding loom attachment patented by R. Hunt of San Francisco, with comparison to the Northrop weft replenishing device and an earlier English invention.

A one-page note from the Indian Textile Journal (November 1896) giving a weaving design for sofa covers or table cloths. It prints a large square drawdown grid with brief specifications: 16's warp and weft, 56-dent reed, 56 picks, straight draft and pattern, and plain weave around the border. It notes the design can also be adapted for silk saris.

A one-page weaving design from the Indian Textile Journal, March 1897, intended for table cloths or sofa covers. It gives brief specifications (20's warp and weft, white or 2-30's indigo black, 56's reed, 56 picks, 60 percent size, plain draft and plain picking) above a large square grid design. The note says the design can also be used in silk weaving.

A single-page weaving design from The Indian Textile Journal (April 1897) for table cloths or sofa covers. It gives a large drawdown grid of the pattern with brief specifications: 16's warp, 16's black Alizarine weft, 56's reed, 56 picks and 50 percent size. A note says the design can also be adapted for silk cloths.

Two pages from the August 1898 Indian Textile Journal (pp. 292-293) presenting two weaving designs as drawdown grids. The first is for table cloths (14's warp, 18's weft, 52's reed, 52 picks); the second, continued on the next page, is for sofa and table covers (6's warp, 16's weft, 40's reed, 52 picks). Each note says to leave extra warp ends and weft picks around the pattern group as required. The pages also carry unrelated book reviews of engineering titles.

A one-page item from the Indian Textile Journal (July 1898) presenting two large drawdown designs for cotton damasks, table cloths and covers. The brief text gives cloth particulars: 18's warp, 20's weft, 50 percent size, 56's reed and 70 picks, and notes the designs also suit silk cloths. The rest of the page is taken up by the two pattern grids.

A short note from the Indian Textile Journal (June 1898) presenting two weaving designs, shown as black and white drawdown grids, suitable for table cloths and similar goods. The text gives cloth particulars: 16's warp, 16's black weft, 50 percent size, 56's reed and 56 picks, with plain ends and picks left as required.

A single page from the Indian Textile Journal (November 1897, p. 47) with the article "Weaving Designs". It gives particulars for two designs, Design No. 1 and Design No. 2, for covers, bed-covers and tablecloths: 16's warp, 16's black weft, 50 percent size, 56's reed, 56 picks, with 20 ends and 20 picks of plain weave around the group. Design No. 2 is shown as a pixel-style grid of filled and open squares. The page also carries unrelated text on a new African cotton variety and a plan by Mr. Tata of Bombay to try it in India.

A two-page extract from the December 1897 Indian Textile Journal. It prints two square-grid weaving designs (Design No. 1 and No. 2), set among an unrelated government review of boiler inspection in Bombay. A short note at the end gives cloth particulars for each design: 16's warp and weft, 56's reed, 56 or 60 picks, 50 percent size, with plain picks and ends around the pattern.

A single page from the Indian Textile Journal (January 1898) with a damask weaving design shown as a large square drawdown grid. The printed particulars give 18's warp, 26's weft, 50 per cent size, a 52's reed, 56 picks, and 4 dent plain with 8 picks plain at the sides. The page also carries the end of an article on Indian cotton mill labour in Bombay, covering wages, debt, strikes and the staff of the Sassoon Spinning and Weaving Company's mills.