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.
Atlas · Pattern
Fine check
Grid structures formed directly through crossing yarns.
6 documented objects
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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