Red Starlight — Warm Red Dot-Weave Homespun
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.
- Object ID
- TA-NT-0015
- Origin
- Nantong · Jiangsu / Nantong-style working attribution
- Period
- c. 1960s–1970s
- Dating confidence
- estimated
- Material
- Homespun cotton
- Dimensions
- Approx. 190 × 45.5 cm total available length
- Technique
- Handwoven homespun · Colour-woven dot texture
- Pattern
- Starlight dot weave · Mottled woven field
- Colours
- Warm red · Natural white
- Washed
- No
Object condition
Good vintage condition overall. Unwashed to preserve the original vintage texture; expect slubs, loose threads, colour variation, fading, old fold marks, uneven edges and weaving irregularities.
Identification notes
The tiny dots and flecks are part of the woven structure rather than surface printing. The working name “Starlight Dot Weave” is inspired by the folk textile term 满天星 — “a sky full of stars.”
The current listing is sold by 50 cm; the recorded total available length is approximately 190 cm.
The cloth is thick, soft and substantial, with a nubby hand that contrasts strongly with flatter printed cottons.
The regional attribution is retained as Jiangsu / Nantong-style rather than documented provenance.
A quiet woven field that changes at close range
From a distance the cloth reads as mottled red; up close, tiny light points and yarn irregularities become the main visual event.
The object helps the Atlas distinguish a descriptive collecting name such as “Starlight” from a documented historical pattern term.
