Two pages from The Textile Mercury, 13 December 1890, with the end of a trade editorial, a 'Foreign Correspondence' column from New York, and the 'Designing' section. The design section covers reversible five-end satins for shawls and rugs, a four-shaft spring vesting design with warp colourings and setts, and novelties in low woollens and worsteds using cotton warp with woollen, worsted and mohair wefts (designs 209-212). The designs are illustrated with drafts, pegging plans and drawdowns.