Chongming Brick-Pattern Homespun
20th century — under review · Homespun cotton
A geometric Chongming homespun recorded for its brick-like repeat and compact format.
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Chongming
A developing group for cloth associated with Chongming and the wider Shanghai region.
6 documented objects
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.
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.
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.
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.