Two pages from The Textile Mercury of 24 May 1890 (pp. 363-364) covering British textile trade news and patents. Page 1 has short market reports on silk, Manchester dry goods, Nottingham lace and the Kidderminster carpet trade, Gazette notices, and lists of patent applications (12-17 May 1890) and published specifications. The rest is abstracts of specifications for knitting machines, mules, looms, jacquards, shuttles, lace-making, terry and knitted pile fabrics, embroidery machines and dyeing processes, followed by an index of advertisers.