Documenting handwoven cloth, patterns and the stories carried in every thread.
Tubu Atlas treats each textile as a documented object. Region, period, yarn, weave, printing, motif, condition and dimensions remain attached to the record even after a piece is sold.
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Take a cloth off the shelf. Unroll it. Imagine what it could become.
Explore our virtual shopStart geographically, then move across technique, pattern and period.
The same region can hold many different making processes.
Availability can change. The archive record stays.
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.
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Attributed to c. 1950s–1960s (unverified) · Traditional hand-spun cotton (owner description); relatively thin, soft and flexible; fibre and production methods not independently tested
Estimated mid-to-late 20th century (exact date unknown) · Vintage woven cotton, substantially soft; traditional Lu Jin construction attributed by owner
Estimated c. 1960s–1980s (unverified) · Owner-described handspun-style cotton ground with lustrous rose-pink decorative yarns identified as possibly silk in the original assessment; fibre composition remains unverified
c. 1940s–1960s · Hand-spun cotton yarn
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Attributed to c. 1950s–1960s (unverified) · Traditional hand-spun cotton (owner description); relatively thin, soft and flexible; fibre and production methods not independently tested
An unusual Shanghai-attributed vintage printed cotton with construction cranes, blossoming peonies and blue rose-like flowers on a soft violet-purple ground — industrial progress alongside traditional floral decoration.
Estimated mid-to-late 20th century (exact date unknown) · Vintage woven cotton, substantially soft; traditional Lu Jin construction attributed by owner
Complete 55 × 130 cm Shandong-attributed vintage handwoven cotton with deep red and black pepper-eye geometry and turquoise, coral, yellow and white woven detail.
Estimated c. 1960s–1980s (unverified) · Owner-described handspun-style cotton ground with lustrous rose-pink decorative yarns identified as possibly silk in the original assessment; fibre composition remains unverified
One complete 45 × 200 cm vintage Shandong-attributed lightweight woven cloth, with rosy reed-mat interlacing framed by turquoise checks on an ivory cotton ground.
c. 1940s–1960s · Hand-spun cotton yarn
Four narrow, uniquely handwoven vintage cotton bands with indigo, off-white, floral, dotted and geometric patterns. Choose one complete uncut length A, B, C or D — not cut pieces or a four-band set.
Evergreen knowledge pages designed to support both research and search discovery.
Explore Chinese blue printed cotton, Nantong paste-resist dyeing, handwoven tubu, and why vintage cloth can reflect different printing traditions.
Discover how traditional Chinese homespun cotton was made, from preparing fibres and spinning yarn to warping and handloom weaving, with original Nantong textile examples.
Why peaches, pomegranates and Buddha’s hand are known as the Three Abundances — and how a vintage Nantong fruit-basket cloth tells a related story of blessing.
Objects remain searchable after sale, preserving photography, attribution and notes.
c. 1950s · Homespun cotton
Mid-20th century (estimated) · Old cotton described as handspun, handwoven plain weave
Each record separates observable facts from attribution. Confidence can be confirmed, probable, estimated or under review, so the archive can improve without losing its history.
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