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Motif archive
Read the cloth through its signs.
Compare recurring flowers, characters, creatures, grids and celestial marks across many textile records — with symbolism kept separate from uncertainty.
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By technique
Colour-woven dot texture1 recordsDecorative printing2 recordsDouble-sided weave4 recordsFigured weave8 recordsHand printing2 recordsHand-joined construction3 recordsHandwoven homespun89 recordsIndigo resist printing9 recordsMulticolour folk printing5 recordsPicked weave / tiaohua (挑花)1 recordsPicked-dot weave2 recordsPlain weave5 recordsPlant-ash-associated yarn preparation1 recordsSupplementary-weft details1 recordsTreadle-figured weave8 recordsWaffle / honeycomb weave1 recordsYarn-dyed weave60 records
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By pattern
Bird and flower1 recordsBlue-and-white flowing marks1 recordsBrick lattice1 recordsButterfly3 recordsChild figure1 recordsChrysanthemum4 recordsChrysanthemum medallion1 recordsCurling auspicious motifs1 recordsCurving dragon1 recordsDark patterned field1 recordsDiagonal woven lines1 recordsDiamond lattice1 recordsDotted diamond lattice1 recordsDotted folk borders1 recordsDotted lines5 recordsDouble Happiness / 囍1 recordsDragon1 recordsDragon-scale grid1 recordsFine check17 recordsFine woven stripes13 recordsFish-eye dots1 recordsFloral8 recordsFloral medallions1 recordsFour Seasons dot grid1 recordsFour-petal flowers2 recordsGeometric border2 recordsGourd1 recordsInterlocking geometric motifs9 recordsLarger overlaid grid lines7 recordsLinked geometric blocks2 recordsLittle plum blossom1 recordsLotus flower1 recordsLotus pond2 recordsMeteor / lightning marks1 recordsMottled woven field1 recordsMountain-like forms1 recordsMulticolour plaid7 recordsPeacock1 recordsPearl motif1 recordsPeony bouquet6 recordsPepper-eye dots2 recordsPepper-seed dots2 recordsPhoenix2 recordsPhoenix medallion1 recordsPicked coloured dots1 recordsPlum blossom1 recordsQilin bringing a child1 recordsRaised waffle grid1 recordsReed-like grasses1 recordsReed-mat weave12 recordsRice-grain texture3 recordsRising sun motif1 recordsScrolling flowers1 recordsScrolling vines2 recordsShepherd’s purse flower1 recordsSnowflake / feather yarn effect1 recordsSpring ripple / Qingbo texture1 recordsStarlight dot weave1 recordsUnpatterned1 recordsVase1 recordsWooden comb back3 recordsWoven lattice6 recordsWoven plaid13 records
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By period
1980s2 records20th century — under review1 recordsc. 1930s–1950s1 recordsc. 1940s–1950s6 recordsc. 1940s–1960s10 recordsc. 1940s–1970s1 recordsc. 1945–19651 recordsc. 1950s2 recordsc. 1950s–1960s13 recordsc. 1950s–1970s7 recordsc. 1960s2 recordsc. 1960s–1970s18 recordsc. 1970s5 recordsc. 1970s–1980s3 recordsc. 1970s–early 1980s1 recordsc. early 1980s1 recordsc. early-to-mid 20th century1 recordsc. late 1940s–1950s1 recordsc. late 1940s–1960s2 recordsc. late 1940s–early 1950s1 recordsc. late 1940s–early 1970s1 recordsc. late 1960s–1970s1 recordsc. mid-20th century5 recordsc. mid-to-late 1970s1 recordsDate not established1 recordsEarly PRC to c. 1960s–1970s1 recordsEarly PRC to later 20th century (seller estimate)1 recordsEstimated early 20th century; possibly late Qing / early Republican1 recordsRepublican to early PRC period (estimated)1 records