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TUBU ATLASChinese Homespun Textile Archive
Tubu Atlas · Interactive textile window

Follow the light.

A wall of textile fragments, arranged like an old stained-glass window. Move across the surface to bring one cloth into the light; open it to continue to its current record or listing.

Look closely at household weaving, regional craft and auspicious motifs. Each fragment opens a textile record or Etsy listing, with more photographs and the story of the cloth.
Vintage Chinese Handwoven Cotton Roll01ETSY · 4545545068Handwoven Cotton RollPeony Lattice — Vintage Chinese Blue Peony Textile02ATLAS · 4550788756Peony LatticeAuspicious Bloom — Vintage Red & Blue Floral Textile03ATLAS · 4551038607Auspicious BloomVintage Chinese Chrysanthemum Bedsheet04ETSY · 4555552386Chrysanthemum BedsheetSnowflake Yarn Plaid — Jiangnan Handwoven Homespun05ATLAS · 4559373927Jiangnan Snowflake PlaidPepper-Eye Weave — Double-Sided Jiangnan Homespun06ATLAS · 4559393419Pepper-Eye WeaveAntique Chinese Ramie Textile — Blue & White07ETSY · 4551935730Blue & White RamieBlue Lightning — Meteor-Pattern Chinese Homespun08ATLAS · 4513667290Blue LightningIvory Stream Lattice — Vintage Chinese Textile09ETSY · 4534365691Ivory Stream LatticeRed Starlight — Vintage Chinese Tubu10ATLAS · 4511544458Red StarlightIndigo Willow — Vintage Chinese Tubu11ETSY · 4514443642Indigo WillowIndigo Creek Stripe — Vintage Chinese Tubu12ETSY · 4531411387Indigo Creek StripeHai Shang Ji Hua — Shanghai Shepherd’s Purse Picked-Weave Textile13ATLAS · 4572662472Shanghai Tiaohua · Hai Shang Ji HuaSplendid Days — Vintage Chinese Lu Jin14ETSY · 4516412389Splendid Days · Lu JinSunrise — Vintage Shandong Lu Jin15ETSY · 4522746685Sunrise · Shandong Lu JinQilin Bringing a Child — Sold Textile Reference16ATLAS · 4555542494Qilin Bringing a Child · SoldFour Seasons Flowers — Nantong Indigo Quilt Cover17ATLAS · 4555645993Four Seasons Indigo QuiltDragon & Phoenix — Nantong Indigo Resist-Printed Panel18ATLAS · 4555572032Dragon & Phoenix IndigoIndigo Phoenix Garden — Blue Resist-Printed Cotton19ATLAS · 4518998248Indigo Phoenix GardenChrysanthemum Border — Nantong Indigo Panel20ATLAS · 4555563419Chrysanthemum BorderChrysanthemum Medallions — Nantong Indigo Textile21ATLAS · 4555548729Chrysanthemum MedallionsOld Pond Lotus — Nantong Printed Homespun Cotton22ATLAS · 4539239608Old Pond LotusRosy Waffle — Raised Waffle-Weave Chinese Homespun23ATLAS · 4512148329Rosy WaffleSunrise Peony — Jiangnan Multicolour Printed Homespun24ATLAS · 4539244790Sunrise PeonyBlue Garden Song — North China Bird-and-Flower Printed Homespun25ATLAS · 4539315190Blue Garden SongChild & Vase — Faded Nantong Blue Resist-Printed Textile26ATLAS · 4552014770Child & VaseCrimson Peony Garden — Nantong Hand-Printed Homespun27ATLAS · 4539882033Crimson Peony GardenFour Seasons Dot Grid — Nantong Picked-Dot Homespun28ATLAS · 4516790531Four Seasons Dot GridDouble Joy Plaid — Shandong Lu Jin Wedding Cloth29ATLAS · 4550835392Double Joy PlaidDragon Scale Grid — Jiangnan Figured Homespun30ATLAS · 4515508628Dragon Scale GridLittle Plum Blossom — Colour-Dot Chinese Homespun31ATLAS · 4511918543Little Plum BlossomSpring Ripple — Chongming Textured Plaid32ATLAS · 4514419923Spring RippleBlue Dragon Lattice — Nantong Treadle-Woven Homespun33ATLAS · 4534364920Blue Dragon LatticeInk Cloud Current — Jiangnan Handwoven Homespun34ATLAS · 4573063453Ink Cloud CurrentRice-Grain Weave — Jiangnan Indigo Cotton35ATLAS · 4561752842Rice-Grain WeaveStarlit Tide — Chongming Dotted-Stripe Tubu36ATLAS · 4523792300Starlit TideHarbor Grid — Chongming Handwoven Check37ATLAS · 4539714619Harbor GridMoonlit Reed — Jiangnan Reed-Mat Weave38ATLAS · 4516960583Moonlit ReedForest Violet — Shandong Lu Brocade39ATLAS · 4550793050Forest VioletEmerald Willow Stripe — Nantong Handwoven Homespun40ATLAS · 4573330825Emerald Willow StripeMidnight — Chongming Dark Stripe Tubu41ATLAS · 4539376728MidnightQuiet Grid — Chongming Layered Check42ATLAS · 4539416549Quiet GridMidnight Thread Stripe — Nantong / Haimen Tubu43ATLAS · 4538666800Midnight Thread StripeFour Seasons Weave — One Continuous Jiangnan Textile44ATLAS · 4574877853Four Seasons WeaveGentle Current — Jiangnan Wooden Comb Check45ATLAS · 4512715945Gentle CurrentFlowers & Leaves — Indigo Resist Textile46ETSY · 4563344321Flowers & Leaves · Indigo
Two ways to browse

Gallery or archive.

Follow a colour through the gallery, browse textiles listed on Etsy in the shop, or visit the archive to explore cloth whose story continues after it has found a new home. These textiles record household work, local styles and wishes woven into everyday life.

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