Two pages from The Textile Mercury of 27 September 1890. The first page carries trade notes on a new artificial indigo process and recipes for dyeing linen in blacks, greys, stone colours, browns and olives, followed by the start of a 'Designing' column. The design column gives particulars for a dress diagonal (shirting and vesting), a cotton gingham check, and sunflower-based figured dress and mantle cloths (Figures 25 and 26), with a pegging plan and a sateen-ground card-cutting note for Design 183.