Two pages from The Textile Mercury, 16 August 1890, with a designing column of new fabric designs and pegging plans. It covers an Oxford shirting check in linen and cotton, four African cloth patterns with warp colour arrangements, reed and yarn counts, then fancy waistcoatings (Designs 173 and 174) and a dress goods weave (Design 175). The first page also opens with exam results for textile classes at Manchester, Oldham and Shipley.