Four Seasons Weave — One Continuous Jiangnan Textile
c. 1960s–1970s · Cotton
One uncut, 6.5-metre Jiangnan cotton textile changes from indigo stripes to red-blue checks and denser plaid, with no joining seams between its woven sections.
Atlas · Region
Jiangnan
A cross-regional working group for textiles attributed broadly to the Jiangnan area when Shanghai, Chongming and Nantong remain plausible but a single local origin cannot yet be assigned.
26 documented objects
Gentle Current — Jiangnan Wooden Comb Check
c. 1940s–1960s · Cotton
Soft red and indigo lines form a large square grid around fine comb-like inner stripes in this substantial, softly structured Jiangnan homespun cotton.
Snowflake Yarn Plaid — Jiangnan Handwoven Homespun
c. 1940s–1950s · Handspun cotton
A narrow Jiangnan plaid whose mottled grey “snowflake” yarn turns a quiet blue-green grid into a close study of handspun fibre, domestic weaving and traditional yarn preparation.
Sunrise Peony — Jiangnan Multicolour Printed Homespun
c. 1960s–1970s · Handspun cotton
A cheerful mid-century folk print combining red and blue flowers, green leaves, blue mountain-like forms and small rising-sun motifs over a substantial handwoven cotton ground.
Dragon Scale Grid — Jiangnan Figured Homespun
Mid-20th century · Handspun cotton
A wine-red and natural-white figured cloth whose raised linked cells are catalogued as a dragon-scale grid, giving the surface a dense, tactile relief.
Pepper-Eye Weave — Double-Sided Jiangnan Homespun
c. 1940s–1950s · Handspun cotton
A narrow, substantial Jiangnan homespun whose tiny off-white woven points create the regional “pepper-eye” effect across a dark yarn-dyed check.
Ink Cloud Current — Jiangnan Handwoven Homespun
c. 1940s–1960s · 100% handspun cotton
A narrow black-ground Jiangnan homespun with blue-and-white supplementary-weft details: substantial, soft and quietly patterned, with original sizing still present.
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.
Moonlit Reed — Jiangnan Reed-Mat Weave
c. 1950s–1960s · Handspun cotton
A substantial Jiangnan handwoven cotton with a fine indigo-and-cream reed-mat pattern: tiny interlocking blocks create a dense basket-like surface with real depth.
Indigo Mist Ramie
c. 1940s–1960s · Ramie
A light, translucent ramie cloth with an open plain weave, irregular yarn and a softly weathered blue surface.
Reed Path Lattice
c. 1960s–1970s · Cotton
Dense blue-black checks contain fine ivory marks and crossing lines in a reed-mat-like woven lattice.
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.
Summer Field Grid
c. 1970s–1980s · Ramie and cotton
An open ramie-and-cotton cloth combines an irregular beige ground with cleaner ivory windowpane lines.
Rustic Jujube Red Stripe
c. early-to-mid 20th century · Cotton
Muted red and natural-beige stripes cross a rustic cotton surface with visible slubs, flecks and seed husks.
Indigo Osmanthus Lattice
c. 1970s–1980s · Cotton
Indigo checks, ivory crossing lines and muted pink-red details form a grainy, slightly raised cotton surface.
Rose Willow
1980s · Cotton
Rose-pink and cream stripes contain a fine tiny grid, giving the cotton a softly grainy surface.
Blue Osmanthus Plaid
c. 1970s · Cotton
Small red, green and white woven marks sit inside a larger blue-and-black plaid field.
Endless Blessing Lattice
c. 1950s–1960s · Cotton
Dark indigo squares contain fine ivory woven detail and repeated interlocking motifs described in the source as a wan-character lattice.
Verdant Lattice
c. 1950s–1970s · Cotton
Pale-green dividing threads cross small layered blue checks and fine ivory marks in a narrow reed-mat-style cotton.
Scholar’s Blue
c. 1950s–1960s · Cotton
A fine blue-and-ivory grid forms the restrained cotton cloth described in the source as Scholar’s Cloth.
Copper Coin Chain
c. 1950s–1970s · Cotton
Repeated square units, fine inner marks and coloured crossing threads form a layered reed-mat-like weave.
Blue Garden Plaid
c. 1950s–1970s · Cotton
Large royal-blue checks alternate with denser multicolour bands in a Suzhou-style Jiangnan cotton plaid.
Indigo Osmanthus Grid
c. 1950s–1960s · Cotton
Fine broken white lines create small flower-like grids within a dense indigo-and-black cotton.
Autumn Field Plaid
c. late 1940s–early 1970s · Cotton
Brown and ochre blocks combine with cream, burgundy and fine coloured lines in an earthy cotton plaid.
Indigo Field Check
c. 1940s–1960s · Cotton
Solid dark and cream squares alternate with speckled mixed-yarn blocks in a rustic woven checkerboard.
Peach Glow
c. 1960s–1970s · Cotton
Peach-pink cotton is crossed by red-and-white checks, blue bands and fine yellow accent lines.
These groups bring together descriptions from the textile records. Regional attributions and technical identifications may be provisional; open an individual record for its evidence and attribution notes.