Abstract: A spreading system for spreading cloth in flat, aligned and vertically arranged layers on a spreading table comprising a reciprocally driven spreading machine arranged on a spreading table, and a stationary supply of cloth arranged near one end of the spreading table for supplying cloth to the spreading machine. An overhead cloth support and delivery assembly cooperates with the spreading machine and the cloth supply to support and deliver cloth drawn from the cloth supply to the spreading machine. The support and delivery assembly is supported for movement which is synchronous with the movement of the spreading machine by guides arranged longitudinally of the spreading table. The system operates so that longitudinal movement of the spreading machine away from the cloth supply draws cloth from the supply over the support and delivery assembly and delivers it to the spreading machine which spreads it on the spreading table.