Two pages from The Textile Mercury of 3 May 1890 (pp. 311-312) with British textile trade news and the weekly patent listings. The first page has Dundee flax and jute, Manchester, Nottingham lace, Kidderminster carpet and silk market reports, plus company news and bankruptcy notices. The patents section lists applications filed 22-26 April 1890, published specifications, and abstracts of 1888 patents covering dyeing and drying apparatus, alizarine and azo dyes, looms, Jacquard card punching, ring spinning frames, spinning mules and quilt padding.