Atlas · Pattern

Shepherd’s purse flower

Four-petal motifs associated with the shepherd’s purse flower (荠菜花), documented in Jiangnan-area woven cloth.

1 documented object

TA-SH-0001 · Shanghai

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.

These groups bring together descriptions from the textile records. Regional attributions and technical identifications may be provisional; open an individual record for its evidence and attribution notes.