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.
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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.
Hai Shang Ji Hua — Shanghai Shepherd’s Purse Picked-Weave Textile
c. 1940s–1960s · Cotton
A rare Shanghai-area tiaohua cloth in which tiny four-petal flowers are woven directly into a deep blue checked ground rather than printed or embroidered on the surface.
Late Qing Butterfly & Flower Summer Cloth
Estimated early 20th century; possibly late Qing / early Republican · Handwoven ramie / bast-fibre summer cloth (listing attribution)
Blue butterflies, flowers and scrolling leaves decorate a narrow ramie summer cloth, estimated to date to the early 20th century, possibly the late Qing / early Republican transition.
Four Seasons Flowers — Nantong Indigo Quilt Cover
c. 1950s–1960s · Homespun cotton
A large three-panel household quilt cover whose resist-printed Four Seasons flowers and historic patch repair preserve both auspicious symbolism and the evidence of long domestic use.
Dragon & Phoenix — Nantong Indigo Resist-Printed Panel
c. 1950s–1960s · Homespun / handspun-style cotton
A long narrow blue-and-white panel carrying dragons, phoenixes, floral vines and pearl imagery — motifs historically suited to wedding and household textiles.
Indigo Phoenix Garden — Blue Resist-Printed Cotton
c. 1960s–1970s · Cotton
A large complete phoenix-and-peony composition whose blue resist print turns household cloth into a field of marital and domestic blessing.
Chrysanthemum Border — Nantong Indigo Panel
c. 1950s · Homespun / handspun-style cotton
A narrow chrysanthemum panel framed by geometric borders, combining the quiet cultural language of the flower with the practical format of an old household textile.
Chrysanthemum Medallions — Nantong Indigo Textile
c. 1950s–1960s · Homespun cotton
A square-format household textile built from two narrow panels, with radiating chrysanthemum medallions that combine longevity, inward independence and the round symbolism of reunion.
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.
Old Pond Lotus — Nantong Printed Homespun Cotton
c. late 1960s–1970s · Handspun cotton
A bright lotus-pond print on substantial handwoven cotton, combining the texture of older Jiangnan homespun with a multicolour domestic print associated with harmony, rootedness and continued blooming.
Rosy Waffle — Raised Waffle-Weave Chinese Homespun
c. 1960s–1970s · Homespun cotton
A thick, soft homespun cloth whose colour and raised square texture are woven directly into the fabric, creating a nubby waffle-like surface rather than a printed design.
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.
Blue Garden Song — North China Bird-and-Flower Printed Homespun
c. 1960s–1970s · Handspun cotton
A vivid bird-and-flower folk print on a bright blue ground, structured by warm orange lattice lines and printed over a thick old handwoven cotton base.
Child & Vase — Faded Nantong Blue Resist-Printed Textile
c. late 1940s–early 1950s · Handwoven cotton
A softly timeworn blue-and-white folk textile with a rare child-and-vase composition, surrounded by floral medallions and dotted geometric forms.
Red Starlight — Warm Red Dot-Weave Homespun
c. 1960s–1970s · Homespun cotton
A warm red homespun cloth whose tiny natural-white dots, red flecks and uneven handspun yarn create a soft star-like field across the woven surface.
Crimson Peony Garden — Nantong Hand-Printed Homespun
Mid-20th century · Handspun cotton
Two matching cuts of handwoven cotton carrying large blue and pink peonies across a wine-dark burgundy ground, with hand-print variation still visible across the surface.
Four Seasons Dot Grid — Nantong Picked-Dot Homespun
c. 1960s–1970s · Handspun cotton
A dark indigo checked homespun animated by tiny red, green and white picked details, creating a dense field of small handmade marks across a firm old woven ground.
Double Joy Plaid — Shandong Lu Jin Wedding Cloth
c. 1960s–1970s · Handwoven cotton
Two reclaimed Shandong-style Lu brocade panels, offered as alternative single-panel choices, with colourful checks and character-like figured blocks woven directly into the cloth.
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.
Little Plum Blossom — Colour-Dot Chinese Homespun
Mid-20th century · Handwoven cotton
A bright narrow homespun with blue and red checked lines and tiny raised colour-dot blossoms woven into a white cotton ground.
Spring Ripple — Chongming Textured Plaid
Early PRC to c. 1960s–1970s · Handspun cotton
A vivid Chongming homespun in which a multicolour plaid is enriched by a fine raised ripple texture running through the colour blocks.
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.
Blue Dragon Lattice — Nantong Treadle-Woven Homespun
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.
Blue Lightning — Meteor-Pattern Chinese Homespun
Mid-20th century · Handspun cotton
A long indigo homespun with a red-and-green outer grid and fine broken white marks that read like lightning flashes or meteor trails crossing a night-blue field.
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.
Starlit Tide — Chongming Dotted-Stripe Tubu
c. 1950s–1970s · Handspun-style cotton
A quiet Chongming handwoven cotton with a deep indigo ground and fine pale dotted stripes, named Starlit Tide for the way its woven points seem to move across dark water.
Harbor Grid — Chongming Handwoven Check
c. 1960s · Handspun cotton
A soft, light-to-medium-weight Chongming check in indigo, black and ivory, woven in plain weave with yarn-dyed cotton rather than printed on the surface.
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.
Auspicious Bloom — Nantong Multicolour Printed Homespun
c. 1950s–1960s · Handwoven cotton
Unused narrow-width Nantong homespun with layered red, blue and purple printing over warm ivory cotton, retaining the small shifts and overlaps of older multicolour production.
Forest Violet — Shandong Lu Brocade
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.
Peony Lattice — Nantong Blue Peony Print
c. 1960s–1970s · Handwoven cotton
A long unused Nantong-style handwoven cotton roll with large blue peony bouquets over a dotted geometric lattice on warm ivory ground.
Emerald Willow Stripe — Nantong Handwoven Homespun
c. 1950s–1970s · 100% cotton
A one-metre Nantong homespun with an almost-black ground and slender navy, emerald, muted-red and cream dotted stripes that reveal themselves gradually at close range.
Midnight — Chongming Dark Stripe Tubu
c. 1940s–1960s · Handspun cotton
A long Chongming handwoven cotton that reads almost black from a distance, then reveals quiet blue, green, red and ivory stripes like small lights in the night.
Quiet Grid — Chongming Layered Check
c. 1960s–1970s · Handspun cotton
A narrow, firm Chongming-style handwoven cotton with a layered blue, black and ivory grid: fine small checks sit underneath larger crossing lines.
Midnight Thread Stripe — Nantong / Haimen Tubu
c. 1950s–1960s · Handspun cotton
A soft Nantong / Haimen dark-blue homespun whose fine teal, rose, ivory and red yarns appear as restrained lines of colour within the cloth.
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.
Blue Current
c. 1970s · Cotton
Layered blue and pale yarns create a softly mottled stripe, interrupted by very fine muted-red accents.
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.
Violet Haze Willow Stripe
c. 1950s–1970s · Cotton
Fine willow-like stripes and broken dotted details cross a dark cotton cloth with blue, muted-red and cream yarns.
Indigo Floral Resist Textile
c. 1945–1965 · Cotton
Soft-edged white chrysanthemums, clustered blossoms and leaves remain across a worn indigo cotton ground.
Chrysanthemum and Butterfly Bedsheet
c. 1950s–1960s · Cotton
Three joined cotton panels preserve a complete bedsheet printed with large chrysanthemums, butterflies and smaller floral details.
Pudong Treadle Chessboard
c. 1950s–1960s · Cotton
An intact thread-tied roll shows alternating red and off-white checkerboard blocks woven across a deep-blue ground.
Four Seasons Blossom Grid
1980s · Cotton
Tiny red and green four-petal flowers are woven into cream-and-indigo plaid rather than embroidered onto its surface.
Blue Check Harmony
c. 1950s–1960s · Cotton
Blue and ivory checks form a narrow cotton textile whose texture comes from uneven yarn and the woven structure.
Blue Key Lattice
c. mid-to-late 1970s · Cotton
Small ivory key-like details sit inside blue-and-black checks crossed by red lines on a relatively light cotton cloth.
Ivory Stream Lattice
c. 1960s · Cotton
A firm ivory cotton ground carries coloured crossing lines, raised wave-like details and small dotted marks.
Blush River Lattice
c. 1960s–1970s · Cotton
Soft blue-and-ivory squares, pale-pink lines and raised zigzag details form a dense, gently plush figured cotton.
Blue Hearth
c. mid-20th century · Cotton
Dense indigo cotton carries ivory lattice lines and wine-red accents, with a lighter appearance on the reverse.
Golden Mosaic
c. 1970s · Cotton
A substantial yellow-ground Lu Jin cotton combines pink and green woven details with a raised, softly structured surface.
Dark Bloom
c. 1940s–1970s · Cotton
Raised flowing bands in several colours emerge from a black ground, with different colour effects on the two faces.
Indigo Creek Stripe
c. 1960s–1970s · Cotton
Fine lake-blue, teal, muted-red and ivory threads appear within a deep-blue striped cotton with a grainy surface.
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.
Crimson Lake Plaid
c. 1960s–1970s · Cotton
Crimson-red and lake-blue checks show the uneven yarn, small slubs and pebbled texture of the described old cotton.
Rose Willow
1980s · Cotton
Rose-pink and cream stripes contain a fine tiny grid, giving the cotton a softly grainy surface.
Blue Windowpane Check
c. 1970s · Cotton
Large blue squares are crossed by black and ivory lines, with fine dark marks and dotted details inside the grid.
Blue Osmanthus Plaid
c. 1970s · Cotton
Small red, green and white woven marks sit inside a larger blue-and-black plaid field.
Old Shanghai Blue
c. 1940s–1960s · Cotton
Broad indigo squares and black-and-ivory crossing lines form a narrow cotton textile with irregular woven texture.
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.
Blue Tofu Blocks
c. 1960s–1970s · Cotton
Large blue-and-ivory blocks are divided by quiet olive-green lines on a comparatively wide cotton cloth.
Shanghai Blue Haze
c. 1940s–1960s · Cotton
Blue, white and dark lines change width through the plaid, creating a softly graduated effect across the woven cloth.
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.
Sunrise
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.
Blue Garden Plaid
c. 1950s–1970s · Cotton
Large royal-blue checks alternate with denser multicolour bands in a Suzhou-style Jiangnan cotton plaid.
Braided Blessings Plaid
Date not established · Cotton
Raised braid-like lines divide colourful square blocks, with a different woven rhythm on the reverse.
Indigo Osmanthus Grid
c. 1950s–1960s · Cotton
Fine broken white lines create small flower-like grids within a dense indigo-and-black cotton.
Splendid Days
Early PRC to later 20th century (seller estimate) · Cotton
A single Lu Jin panel combines bright coloured yarns in a dense folk geometric repeat.
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.
Indigo Willow
c. 1940s–1950s · Cotton
Fine pale willow-like lines run through a deep-blue cotton ground with small slubs and subtle colour variation.
Peach Glow
c. 1960s–1970s · Cotton
Peach-pink cotton is crossed by red-and-white checks, blue bands and fine yellow accent lines.
Garden Key
c. 1930s–1950s · Cotton
A cream-based grid combines reed-mat-like inner lines, comb-back details and small key-like motifs.
Midnight Osmanthus
c. late 1940s–1960s · Cotton
Fine cream lines and small red and green threads brighten a dark plaid containing tiny repeated grid details.
Rosy Meander
c. 1970s–1980s · Cotton
Raised turning-line motifs and nested geometric shapes are woven into a pink-red multicolour plaid.
Endless Reed
c. 1960s–1970s · Cotton
Dense indigo checks contain small interlocking motifs described in the source as a wan-character grid.
Indigo Hearth
c. late 1940s–1960s · Cotton
Cream crossing lines, dark blocks and fine dotted marks form a small, densely textured indigo check.
Quiet Grid
c. 1940s–1960s · Cotton
A fine blue-black-and-cream micro-check contains tiny woven flecks and irregular cotton yarn.
Reed Shadow
c. late 1940s–1950s · Cotton
Deep-blue yarns, dark blocks and cream lines form a dense, raised reed-mat-like cotton surface.
Blue Osmanthus
c. 1940s–1950s · Cotton
Small repeated checks, dotted lines and subtle vertical details form an indigo-and-green grid.
Reed Garden
c. 1940s–1950s · Cotton
A blue-and-cream reed-mat base is crossed by muted red, green and charcoal woven accents.
Ant Trail
c. 1940s–1960s · Cotton
Tiny pale dots and broken lines form the ant-pattern check described in the source across a deep-blue ground.
Reed Breeze
c. early 1980s · Cotton
A sky-blue grid contains small square, comb-like and ladder-like details woven into firm, substantial cotton.