A single page from The Textile Mercury of January 31, 1891, carrying British textile trade news and a patents column. It includes a Manchester dry goods report on lace and fancy goods, new company registrations, bankruptcy and partnership notices, a list of published patent specifications, and abstracts of patents for spinning, carding, doubling, looms, pile fabrics, embroidery, felt, and dyes. Line drawings show a cotton seed cleaning machine, a doubling machine, and a loom mechanism.