A French-language technical treatise on silk by Léo Vignon, of the École de chimie industrielle de Lyon, covering the subject from the silkworm to the finished fabric. The introduction treats the egg, silkworm, diseases, chrysalis, cocoon, moth and industrial rearing. Part one covers silk yarns: reeling, the physical and chemical constitution of raw silk, wild silks, throwing (moulinage), waste silk and schappe, and artificial silk. Part two covers silk fabrics: testing and conditioning, dyeing and mordants, weaving including the Jacquard mechanism, finishing, types of silk fabrics and the history of design. Part three gives production statistics. The book has 81 engraved figures of machines, reeling and throwing equipment, and microscopic views.

A French-language handbook on sericulture (silk production) by Pierre Vieil, published in the Encyclopédie agricole series. It covers the history of silk raising, current silk statistics for France and other producing countries, the anatomy and physiology of the silkworm Bombyx mori, silkworm diseases (pébrine, flacherie, muscardine, grasserie), and the practice of rearing in the magnanerie. Later sections cover egg production (grainage), selection and crossing, the properties and testing of silk, wild and other silks, artificial silk, and the cultivation, grafting and diseases of the mulberry. It has many tables and engraved figures, with only brief mention of silk throwing, dyeing and weaving.