A page from The Textile Mercury of April 12, 1890, with British textile patent applications filed 26-31 March 1890, a list of published specifications, and abstracts of four 1888 patents. The abstracts cover loom pickers and picking straps, a loom stop motion for a set woven length, better selvages in sail-cloth weaving, and methods of weaving two- and three-ply Kidderminster (ingrain) carpets with stamped cards. The page also carries trade news: the end of a company shareholders' meeting, cotton company results, new company registrations, and bankruptcy and partnership notices.