A three-page extract from The Textile Mercury of 3 May 1890 containing a lecture-style article by Professor Lessing of Berlin on weaving and embroidery in the East. He traces Oriental textile design from medieval Persian and Arabic motifs through the 16th and 17th century floral and palmette patterns, notes the link with the European pomegranate pattern via Venice, and discusses the damage done by machine production and aniline dyes. He also covers batik printing, Oriental embroidery stitches (couched work, crochet-needle stitch, gold embroidery), and objects such as grave coverlets, door curtains, handkerchiefs, and Indian long shawls. The pages also include trade news from Oldham, Preston, Scotland, Ireland and America, short notes on the silk industry in India, and cotton, yarn, and wool market reports.

A 1890 Textile Mercury article by Professor Dr. Lessing on the history of pattern design in woven textiles from the 15th to the 19th century. It traces the pomegranate pattern from Gothic to Renaissance forms, the shift from large to small patterns with Spanish dress, and the split between dress and wall fabrics. It goes on through floral designs, the Baroque and Rococo styles under Louis XIV and XV, Chinese and Indian influence, printed cotton, and the decline of weaving in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The scan also begins a short article on weaving in Kendal, covering Flemish weavers, John Kempe, and Kendal green dye.