Treadle-controlled figured weaving in which complex pattern repeats are built directly through the loom structure.
c. 1950s–1970s · Handspun cotton
A dense Nantong / Tonghai treadle-woven cloth in which dark lattice blocks, bright borders, curving-dragon lines and pepper-seed details create a highly layered surface.
c. 1970s–early 1980s · Cotton
A dense purple, mint-green, black and ivory figured cloth attributed to southwestern Shandong Lu brocade, with raised flower-like motifs woven directly into the checked structure.
c. 1950s–1960s · Cotton
An intact thread-tied roll shows alternating red and off-white checkerboard blocks woven across a deep-blue ground.
c. 1960s · Cotton
A firm ivory cotton ground carries coloured crossing lines, raised wave-like details and small dotted marks.
c. 1960s–1970s · Cotton
Soft blue-and-ivory squares, pale-pink lines and raised zigzag details form a dense, gently plush figured cotton.
c. 1970s · Cotton
A substantial yellow-ground Lu Jin cotton combines pink and green woven details with a raised, softly structured surface.
c. 1940s–1970s · Cotton
Raised flowing bands in several colours emerge from a black ground, with different colour effects on the two faces.
Republican to early PRC period (estimated) · Cotton
Small red-and-ivory dots described as fish-eye motifs sit within an indigo grid on a dark Lu Jin cotton ground.
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.
