FIELD EDITION 04踏花与织纹
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Rhythm & Relief
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FIELD EDITION 04
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OVERVIEW / A WAY IN
Read pattern as a surface, not only an image.
Scales, ripples and curving bands invite a different way of looking. These objects are grouped from the catalogue’s figured and treadle-woven records, where pattern, colour and surface relief can be studied together.
Which part of the pattern is made by the weave itself?
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Auspicious geometry
Dragon Scale
龙鳞纹Protection, strength, blessing and continuity.
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Water & movement
Spring Ripple
清波纹Flow, continuity and smooth-going days.
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Auspicious creatures
Curving Dragon
曲龙纹Protection, smooth movement and good fortune.
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EXPLORE LIKE AN ARTIST
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- Look for raised and recessed areas.
- Separate the colour grid from the structural repeat.
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MEANINGS / 龙鳞纹
Dragon Scale
Protection, strength, blessing and continuity.
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MEANINGS / 清波纹
Spring Ripple
Flow, continuity and smooth-going days.
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MEANINGS / 曲龙纹
Curving Dragon
Protection, smooth movement and good fortune.
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READ WITH CONTEXT
A name is a beginning.
Visual names, cultural associations and a maker’s intent are not the same thing.
Full interpretation notes remain on each motif’s own page.
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TA-JN-0003 · Jiangnan
Dragon Scale Grid — Jiangnan Figured Homespun
Approx. 350 × 44 cm total available length; sold by 50 cm
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TA-CM-0005 · Chongming
Spring Ripple — Chongming Textured Plaid
Approx. 250 × 45 cm total available length; sold by 50 cm
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TA-NT-0016 · Nantong
Blue Dragon Lattice — Nantong Treadle-Woven Homespun
Approx. 180 × 43 cm total available length; sold by 50 cm
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KEEP EXPLORINGOne motif.
One motif.
Many lives.
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Field notes & catalogue basis
Which part of the pattern is made by the weave itself?
Scales, ripples and curving bands invite a different way of looking. These objects are grouped from the catalogue’s figured and treadle-woven records, where pattern, colour and surface relief can be studied together.
The supplied descriptions identify figured weaving and, for Blue Dragon Lattice, treadle weaving. Study the repeated changes in yarn position. A foot-operated loom and a particular figured structure are not interchangeable labels; individual threading and treadling sequences have not yet been reconstructed here.
Working technical categories from the supplied object records. Loom-specific explanations and comparisons with plain weaving remain under review until a corresponding draft or practitioner account is available.
The observation card aims for 2× the displayed image. If the source lacks enough pixels, magnification is limited; the frame can still help isolate a detail. Enlarging does not recover missing focus or texture.