Rice-Grain Weave — Jiangnan Indigo Cotton
c. 1940s–1950s · Handspun cotton
A lightweight Jiangnan cotton in indigo blue and natural white, with fine rice-grain-like marks woven through a soft, breathable ground.
Atlas · Pattern
Rice-grain texture
Fine grain-like light marks recorded in the supplied listing as xiaohua sha or small rice-grain weave. No universal symbolic meaning is assigned.
3 documented objects
Indigo Grainfield
c. 1960s–1970s · Cotton
Fine pale yarn intersections form a grain-like surface between narrow blue stripes; one end changes continuously into charcoal grey.
Rose Willow
1980s · Cotton
Rose-pink and cream stripes contain a fine tiny grid, giving the cotton a softly grainy surface.
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