Documented textiles attributed to the Nantong area, grouped so weave, print, motif and dating can be compared across objects.
c. 1940s–1950s · Hand-spun, handwoven cotton; locally described as Xiao Hua Sha (小花纱)
A long indigo handwoven textile with phoenix imagery, interlocking longevity coins, auspicious bats and the Four Gentlemen, made from exceptionally soft traditional cotton.
c. 1940s–1950s · Hand-spun, handwoven Xiao Hua Sha (小花纱) homespun cotton (owner attribution)
A complete square wrapping cloth design with twin phoenixes, butterflies, copper coin ornaments and the Four Gentlemen, hand-joined from two narrow cotton panels.
c. 1950s–1960s · Traditional hand-spun and handwoven cotton
A lively burgundy vintage folk cotton print with multicolour peonies, five-petalled blossoms and stylised birds against a fine white diamond lattice.
Estimated mid-20th century · Older cotton with visible yarn slubs and a homespun appearance; spinning and weaving methods not independently authenticated
A narrow vintage blue-and-ivory cotton length with delicate blossoms linked by continuous curling vines. Approx. 51 cm wide, 220 cm available; buy 2 metres and receive the final 20 cm free.
Estimated c. 1960s–1970s · Older cotton, narrow-width homespun ground with handspun-style yarn characteristics (attributed)
Blue Eyes is a salvaged narrow length of vintage Chinese cotton, densely covered with tiny eye-like circles and angular blue motifs. One complete 41 × 180 cm piece.
Estimated mid-20th century, possibly 1950s–1960s · Old cotton; two narrow panels of handwoven homespun cotton (owner attribution)
A complete vintage indigo-and-ivory wrapping cloth with two facing cranes, auspicious fruit, rich decorative borders and two surviving original 110 cm woven fastening ties.
Estimated c. 1960s–1970s · Vintage cotton, traditional narrow-width handwoven ground (attributed)
Charming pale-blue vintage Chinese cotton with paired cats, proud roosters, long-tailed birds and peonies, sold as two selectable 90 × 44 cm fabric sections. Piece B has a small documented hole.
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.
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.
Estimated c. 1940s–1960s · Traditional cotton; handspun / handwoven homespun attribution
A continuous small-scale blue-and-white cash-coin-inspired lattice in traditional Nantong-style indigo resist-printed cotton; unused vintage stock, 46 cm wide, sold by the metre with only two metres remaining.
Estimated c. 1960s–1970s · Vintage cotton; homespun handwoven and handspun-yarn attribution
A deeply patterned old Nantong-style indigo textile bringing together paired fish, phoenix-like birds, auspicious vases, the Hidden Eight Immortals emblems and wishes for advancement; later joined from three old panels.
c. 1945–1960 · Cotton
A golden-yellow fruit basket rests at the centre of a rich red cotton bedspread, surrounded by blue flowers, peonies and auspicious vases: abundance at the centre, peace all around.
c. 1950s · Homespun cotton
A child rides a qilin above a phoenix medallion, among gourds, butterflies and scrolling flowers. This worn blue-and-white household textile remains documented after sale.
1970s · Homespun cotton
A long peacock-and-peony cloth documented as part of the Nantong textile group.
Mid-20th century (estimated) · Old cotton described as handspun, handwoven plain weave
Sold-out vintage Nantong-attributed indigo blue and cream cotton: a densely repeated interlocking geometric diamond pattern on a narrow handwoven fabric length.
c. 1950s–1960s · Homespun cotton
A large three-panel household quilt cover whose resist-printed Four Seasons flowers and historic patch repair preserve both auspicious symbolism and the evidence of long domestic use.
c. 1950s–1960s · Homespun / handspun-style cotton
A long narrow blue-and-white panel carrying dragons, phoenixes, floral vines and pearl imagery — motifs historically suited to wedding and household textiles.
c. 1950s · Homespun / handspun-style cotton
A narrow chrysanthemum panel framed by geometric borders, combining the quiet cultural language of the flower with the practical format of an old household textile.
c. 1950s–1960s · Homespun cotton
A square-format household textile built from two narrow panels, with radiating chrysanthemum medallions that combine longevity, inward independence and the round symbolism of reunion.
c. late 1960s–1970s · Handspun cotton
A bright lotus-pond print on substantial handwoven cotton, combining the texture of older Jiangnan homespun with a multicolour domestic print associated with harmony, rootedness and continued blooming.
c. late 1940s–early 1950s · Handwoven cotton
A softly timeworn blue-and-white folk textile with a rare child-and-vase composition, surrounded by floral medallions and dotted geometric forms.
c. 1960s–1970s · Homespun cotton
A warm red homespun cloth whose tiny natural-white dots, red flecks and uneven handspun yarn create a soft star-like field across the woven surface.
Mid-20th century · Handspun cotton
Two matching cuts of handwoven cotton carrying large blue and pink peonies across a wine-dark burgundy ground, with hand-print variation still visible across the surface.
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.
c. 1950s–1970s · Handspun cotton
A dense Nantong / Tonghai treadle-woven cloth in which dark lattice blocks, bright borders, curving-dragon lines and pepper-seed details create a highly layered surface.
c. 1950s–1960s · Handwoven cotton
Unused narrow-width Nantong homespun with layered red, blue and purple printing over warm ivory cotton, retaining the small shifts and overlaps of older multicolour production.
c. 1960s–1970s · Handwoven cotton
A long unused Nantong-style handwoven cotton roll with large blue peony bouquets over a dotted geometric lattice on warm ivory ground.
c. 1950s–1970s · 100% cotton
A one-metre Nantong homespun with an almost-black ground and slender navy, emerald, muted-red and cream dotted stripes that reveal themselves gradually at close range.
c. 1950s–1960s · Handspun cotton
A soft Nantong / Haimen dark-blue homespun whose fine teal, rose, ivory and red yarns appear as restrained lines of colour within the cloth.
c. 1970s · Cotton
Layered blue and pale yarns create a softly mottled stripe, interrupted by very fine muted-red accents.
c. 1950s–1970s · Cotton
Fine willow-like stripes and broken dotted details cross a dark cotton cloth with blue, muted-red and cream yarns.
c. 1945–1965 · Cotton
Soft-edged white chrysanthemums, clustered blossoms and leaves remain across a worn indigo cotton ground.
c. 1950s–1960s · Cotton
Three joined cotton panels preserve a complete bedsheet printed with large chrysanthemums, butterflies and smaller floral details.
c. 1960s · Cotton
A firm ivory cotton ground carries coloured crossing lines, raised wave-like details and small dotted marks.
c. 1960s–1970s · Cotton
Soft blue-and-ivory squares, pale-pink lines and raised zigzag details form a dense, gently plush figured cotton.
c. 1960s–1970s · Cotton
Large blue-and-ivory blocks are divided by quiet olive-green lines on a comparatively wide cotton cloth.
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.
