Chrysanthemum and Butterfly Bedsheet
Three joined cotton panels preserve a complete bedsheet printed with large chrysanthemums, butterflies and smaller floral details.
One complete piece
Width: approx. 130 cm · Recorded total: approx. 195 cm
- Quantity 1
- Approx. 195 × 130 cm as one complete textile
Recorded dimensions describe the documented textile, not live stock. Check Etsy for current availability, options and pricing.
- Object ID
- TA-NT-0025
- Origin
- Nantong · Nantong, Jiangsu (seller attribution)
- Period
- c. 1950s–1960s
- Dating confidence
- estimated
- Material
- Cotton
- Dimensions
- Approx. 195 × 130 cm; three joined narrow panels
- Technique
- Multicolour folk printing · Hand-joined construction
- Pattern
- Chrysanthemum · Butterfly · Floral
- Colours
- Cobalt blue · Red · Burgundy · Pink · Cream · Pale blue-green
- Washed
- Yes
Object condition
Described as washed and clean, relatively lightweight, soft and flexible, with little obvious use. Original panel seams and minor weave and print irregularities remain.
Identification notes
Three joined cotton panels preserve a complete bedsheet printed with large chrysanthemums, butterflies and smaller floral details.
Regional attribution: Nantong, Jiangsu (seller attribution). The exact maker, workshop and production year are not documented.
Three narrow panels are sewn together and retained as one complete sheet. The exact printing tools cannot be confirmed from the surviving textile; no specific woodblock or screen process is assigned.
