A short story from Scribner's Magazine set in southern California, about Elsa Loring, a convalescent Easterner who collects Indian baskets, and Manuelo, her devoted young Mexican guide. Manuelo sells his guitar to buy the legendary scarlet-feathered basket of old Anita from a passing artist, only to learn that the artist is Elsa's fiancé. The text is fiction; baskets appear as collectors' objects, with passing mention of woodpecker-feather decoration and patterned weaving but no technical instruction. Illustrations show baskets with geometric patterns.

An illustrated 1887 magazine article by Edward J. Lowell on the Bayeux Tapestry, an embroidered linen strip about 230 feet long depicting the Norman Conquest of England. It describes the object's dimensions, materials (worsted wool stitched on linen), figure style and colouring, the debate over its maker and date, and its survival through fires, pillage and removals. It then narrates the scenes from Harold's journey to Normandy, his oath, Edward's death and Harold's coronation, through the invasion and the Battle of Hastings, with reproductions of many scenes and Latin inscriptions.

A 1892 magazine article by Franklin MacVeagh on Chicago's role in organizing the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. It explains the division of responsibility between the federal commission and the Chicago corporation, argues that Chicago bore a disproportionate share of the financing, and describes the site, buildings and arrangements. It also covers transportation, lodging, police and the city's water supply for visitors. It contains no textile or weaving content.

A May 1894 Scribner's Magazine article by George Bird Grinnell on the mountain goat of the western American and Canadian ranges. It describes the animal's habitat, range, coat, and climbing ability, and narrates hunting trips in the Rocky Mountains. It includes engraved illustrations. Textile content is limited to a short passage noting that the goat's fine white underwool is woven into blankets by British Columbia Indians, with the yarn hand-twisted on the knee and woven on a simple loom.

Article from Scribner's Magazine describing the architectural, sculptural, and mural decoration of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition buildings in Chicago, written as the fair was nearing completion. It covers the classical architecture under D. H. Burnham, the painted domes and panels by American artists in the Manufactures and Liberal Arts, Agricultural, and Administration buildings, outdoor sculpture, and planned banners and flags. Textile content is limited to allegorical dome figures of the Textile Arts, Needle-work, and Spinning (with a spider-web motif) by Robert Reid, J. Alden Weir, and Kenyon Cox, and a panel on textiles by Walter MacEwen and Gari Melchers.

A descriptive magazine article by W. Hamilton Gibson on the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, illustrated by the author. It describes the lagoon and Wooded Island landscaping by Olmsted and Codman, the rose garden, the Japanese building and dwarf trees, the sculptural ornament of the Fisheries Building, and the Australian elkhorn fern as a model for architectural design. It concerns gardens and architecture rather than textiles or weaving.

A magazine essay in Scribner's Magazine giving the author's impressions of the 1889 Paris Centennial Exposition. It discusses the Exposition's political significance for the French Republic, its unified architectural and spectacular design, the Eiffel Tower, the Cairo Street and other exotic attractions (Japanese rooms, Spanish gypsies, Javanese dancers), and a long section on French, American and Dutch painting. Textiles and weaving are not discussed in the sampled text.

A humorous 1893 magazine essay on the visitors and atmosphere of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. J. A. Mitchell comments on the crowds, American attitudes toward art, architecture and machinery, newlyweds, rolling-chair attendants, and the high prices of Chicago hotels and food. It is illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by the author and Charles Howard Johnson, and has no textile or weaving content.

An illustrated article from Scribner's Magazine (October 1892) by H. C. Bunner describing the construction of the World's Columbian Exposition buildings at Jackson Park, Chicago, about a year before opening. It covers the transformation of the sand plain, the scale of the iron and 'staff' (plaster and jute fibre) buildings, the layout of grounds and lagoons, and the architects and workforce under D. H. Burnham. It is illustrated by W. T. Smedley and others with scenes of workmen and buildings, and ends with statistical notes on building dimensions. It has no textile or weaving content.