A two-page extract from The Textile Mercury (31 May 1890) with the 'Designing' column. It describes a summer dress fabric of cotton warp and weft in plain weave with an extra silk warp that flushes to form figures, illustrated by Designs 106, 106a and 107. It also gives pattern and draft instructions for Zephyr Tartans and a Skirting Pattern. The first page opens with the end of an article on the Derby silk and ribbon trades.