An overview of woven fabric design and structures addresses developments in loom construction; drawing-in; chain drafting; reed plans; such plain woven fabrics as sheeting, gingham, outing, voile, organdy, seersucker, osnaburg, chambray, lawn, percale, repp, poplin, ratine, cretonne, and cheesecloth; basic twill fabric designs; such twill fabrics and drills, jeans, three and four leaf filling twills, four leaf filling twills, four leaf warp twills, four leaf canton flannel, and serge twills; satin weaves; and such satin fabrics as filling sateens, wrap sateens, and venetians. Diagrams illustrate weft insertion devices, the weaving elements of a cam loom, dobby shedding, jacquard shedding, fabric roll shedding, warping, beatup, and warp control mechanisms.