THE PATTERN LIBRARY / SIX FIELD EDITIONS

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Blue & White textile cover

VOL. 01 PATTERN FIELD EDITIONSBlue & White蓝印花6 chapters · 9 objects

Colour in Bloom textile cover

VOL. 02 PATTERN FIELD EDITIONSColour in Bloom彩色印花7 chapters · 9 objects

Loom Tiaohua textile cover

VOL. 03 PATTERN FIELD EDITIONSLoom Tiaohua织机挑花6 chapters · 3 objects

Treadle Figuring textile cover

VOL. 04 PATTERN FIELD EDITIONSTreadle Figuring踏花与提花结构7 chapters · 19 objects

Woven Fields textile cover

VOL. 05 PATTERN FIELD EDITIONSWoven Fields平织 · 条格 · 芦席9 chapters · 59 objects

Local Voices textile cover

VOL. 06 PATTERN FIELD EDITIONSLocal Voices地域纹样谱系9 chapters · 92 objects

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01Turn a pageA photograph first, a small field note beside it.
02Read the name statusPublished, folk, collector and Atlas names are kept as different evidence layers.
03Follow it across clothSee how a pattern family changes between objects, places and techniques.

Looking for a particular pattern? Open the 41-entry pattern & research index +

Butterfly蝴蝶named pattern Chrysanthemum菊花named pattern Chrysanthemum Medallion菊花团纹named pattern Curving Dragon曲龙纹named pattern Double Happiness囍 · 双喜named pattern Dragon龙named pattern Dragon Scale龙鳞纹named pattern Fish-Eye鱼眼纹named pattern Gourd葫芦named pattern Little Plum Blossom小梅花named pattern Lotus莲 · 荷named pattern Meteor / Lightning流星纹 · 闪电纹named pattern Peacock孔雀named pattern Peony牡丹named pattern Pepper-Eye胡椒眼纹named pattern Pepper-Seednamed pattern Phoenix凤凰named pattern Phoenix Medallion凤凰团纹named pattern Plum Blossom梅花纹named pattern Qilin Bringing a Child麒麟送子named pattern Shepherd’s Purse Flower荠菜花named pattern Spring Ripple清波纹named pattern Vase宝瓶named pattern Wooden Comb Back木梳背纹named pattern Bird & Flower花鸟pattern family Brick Latticepattern family Diamond Latticepattern family Dotted Diamond Latticepattern family Dotted Stripepattern family Floral Medallionpattern family Interlocking Woven Blockspattern family Lotus Pond荷塘pattern family Woven Stripespattern family Reed-Mat Family芦席纹系pattern family Rice-Grain Speckle米粒纹pattern family Scrolling Flowerspattern family Scrolling Vinespattern family Woven Grid & Checkpattern family Woven Plaidpattern family Begonia Pattern海棠花纹research lexicon Mosquito Tiaohua蚊子纹 · 蚊子挑花research lexicon