Rice-Grain Weave — Jiangnan Indigo Cotton
c. 1940s–1950s · Handspun cotton
A lightweight Jiangnan cotton in indigo blue and natural white, with fine rice-grain-like marks woven through a soft, breathable ground.
Atlas · Technique
Plain weave
Cloth identified as plain weave in the supplied catalogue description. This index retains the object-level construction attribution; it does not classify all checked or regional cloth as plain weave.
4 documented objects
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.
Emerald Willow Stripe — Nantong Handwoven Homespun
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.
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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