A short 1890 magazine article on how raw and thrown silk was adulterated with moisture, gum, sugar and fatty substances to add weight, and how continental "conditioning houses" assayed silk to detect it. It describes the tests for humidity, boiling-off loss, length per weight, elasticity, twist and lustre. It also argues that British silk manufacturers lagged behind the French in applying chemistry to their trade.

A 1890 magazine article describing the surviving hand-loom silk-weaving trade of Bethnal Green and Spitalfields in London's East End. It covers the decline of the industry since the 1860 removal of duties on foreign silks, the Huguenot weaving families, and a visit to the factory of Messrs. Warner and Ram. It describes Jacquard loom preparation, including card cutting, 'necking' the warp, weighted warp rollers and joining warps, and the brocades, damasks and velvets woven there. It closes with an appeal for a technical school and for patronage of English silks.