FIELD EDITION 03Loom Tiaohua
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Pattern picked into cloth while weaving.
Loom tiaohua is read as a making principle and a living naming practice. Small motifs may be created by individual weavers, repeated locally and named later by users, collectors or researchers.
How do small woven forms become named folk patterns?
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What loom tiaohua is
什么是织机挑花Woven pick-up is kept distinct from embroidery, surface printing and treadle-controlled figured weaving.
What loom tiaohua is
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How folk pattern names emerge
花名如何形成A repeated form can acquire a name through visual resemblance and later community or research classification; not every name is a maker-authored label.
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Documented flower names
有文献的花名Shepherd’s Purse, Plum Blossom and Begonia show how named flower forms can sit at different evidence levels.
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Shepherd’s Purse Flower
荠菜花Shepherd’s Purse, Plum Blossom and Begonia show how named flower forms can sit at different evidence levels.
Local / folk name · attributedOpen the pattern context ↗Plum Blossom
梅花纹Shepherd’s Purse, Plum Blossom and Begonia show how named flower forms can sit at different evidence levels.
Documented published nameOpen the research context ↗Begonia Pattern
海棠花纹Shepherd’s Purse, Plum Blossom and Begonia show how named flower forms can sit at different evidence levels.
Documented published nameOpen the research context ↗
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Named forms without a current object
有名无物The research lexicon can preserve a documented or locally attested name even when no current Atlas object is securely matched.
Mosquito Tiaohua
蚊子纹 · 蚊子挑花The research lexicon can preserve a documented or locally attested name even when no current Atlas object is securely matched.
Local / folk name · attributedOpen the research context ↗
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Related picked structures in the Atlas
相关挑点结构Little Plum Blossom and the long picked-dot grid remain related studies without being forced into one universal tiaohua mechanism.
TA-NT-0014 keeps its current object title, but “Four Seasons” is treated as an Atlas-curatorial name rather than a historical pattern name.
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Little Plum Blossom
小梅花Little Plum Blossom and the long picked-dot grid remain related studies without being forced into one universal tiaohua mechanism.
Collector / descriptive nameOpen the pattern context ↗Related picked structures in the Atlas
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A name is a layer of evidence.
Visual resemblance, local usage, published terminology and an Atlas working name are not interchangeable.
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Compare the pick
馆藏对照The three current picked / picked-dot records can be compared directly.
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TA-SH-0001Hai Shang Ji Hua — Shanghai Shepherd’s Purse Picked-Weave TextileShanghai · Approx. 200 × 41 cm
TA-NT-0014Four Seasons Dot Grid — Nantong Picked-Dot HomespunNantong · Approx. 320 × 39 cm total available length
TA-CN-0016Little Plum Blossom — Colour-Dot Chinese HomespunChina · Approx. 360 × 36 cm total available length; sold by 50 cmField notes & catalogue basis
How do small woven forms become named folk patterns?
Loom tiaohua is read as a making principle and a living naming practice. Small motifs may be created by individual weavers, repeated locally and named later by users, collectors or researchers.
The current Atlas object anchor is 荠菜花. Published-source names may also enter the research lexicon before a current object is confidently matched.
This v3 book is an editorial research route. Object-level technique, dating and provenance remain on each textile record; pattern-name provenance is stored separately in the Pattern Catalog.