Atlas · Period

c. 1950s–1960s

Objects broadly attributed to the 1950s–1960s, with object-level confidence and evidence retained in each record.

17 documented objects
Blossoms of Progress — Vintage Chinese Crane & Peony Printed Cotton
Listed on Etsy
TA-NT-0043 · Shanghai

Blossoms of Progress — Vintage Chinese Crane & Peony Printed Cotton

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.

Blue Window Lattice — Vintage Chinese Printed Cotton
Listed on Etsy
TA-NT-0033 · Nantong

Blue Window Lattice — Vintage Chinese Printed Cotton

Estimated c. 1950s–1960s · Vintage cotton; narrow-width handwoven homespun ground (owner attribution)

A narrow vintage Chinese cotton with a striking nested-square blue window lattice, printed in multiple blue tones and dark outlines. Attributed to Nantong; originally measured around 340 × 44 cm and offered in 50 cm lengths.

Crimson Chrysanthemum Garden — Vintage Printed Cotton
Listed on Etsy
TA-NT-0032 · Nantong

Crimson Chrysanthemum Garden — Vintage Printed Cotton

Estimated c. 1950–1965 · Traditional cotton cloth; handspun yarn and handwoven homespun attribution

A long narrow length of vintage Nantong-style multicolour printed cotton, with sweeping chrysanthemums and blue butterflies on a wine-red ground. Companion to a different colourway in the same floral design.

Listed on Etsy
TA-CM-0004 · Chongming

Chongming Brick-Pattern Homespun

c. 1950s–1960s · Handspun cotton (listing attribution)

Crimson Rampart: pale-blue lines cross a deep burgundy ground in a staggered brick-like repeat, attributed to Chongming household weaving.

Moonlit Reed — Jiangnan Reed-Mat Weave
Listed on Etsy
TA-JN-0007 · Jiangnan

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.

Pudong Treadle Chessboard
Listed on Etsy
TA-SH-0002 · Shanghai

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.

Blue Check Harmony
Listed on Etsy
TA-CN-0018 · China

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.

Endless Blessing Lattice
Listed on Etsy
TA-JN-0018 · Jiangnan

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.

Scholar’s Blue
Listed on Etsy
TA-JN-0020 · Jiangnan

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.

Indigo Osmanthus Grid
Listed on Etsy
TA-JN-0023 · Jiangnan

Indigo Osmanthus Grid

c. 1950s–1960s · Cotton

Fine broken white lines create small flower-like grids within a dense indigo-and-black cotton.

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.