Traditional Chinese Textile Patterns and Modern Fashion Analysis, 2070 BC to 1912 AD

Over 350 images of textile patterns from ancient China, spanning approximately 2070 BC to 1912 AD, are collected and classified by thematic content. The research also analyzes 808 women's wear styles from designer collections in Asia, Europe, and North America to identify popular traditional patterns in modern design. This dataset was authored by Xia Gao and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Training image classification models for pattern recognition based on the collection of over 350 textile pattern images.
• Analyzing regional design preferences based on the analysis of 808 women's wear styles from three continents.
• Identifying trends in cultural motif usage in modern fashion based on the study of pattern popularity and aesthetics.
• Creating educational or reference materials for design based on the systematic classification of traditional Chinese patterns.

Strengths

• Contains over 350 images of historical textile patterns.
• Analysis is based on a database of 808 modern women's wear styles.
• Provides a defined temporal coverage from approximately 2070 BC to 1912 AD.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the underlying analysis data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The primary data file is a 292.7 MB PDF, which may require extraction of underlying data.

Provenance

Source

Xia Gao via figshare

Collection Method

Collection and systematic classification of images from historical sources, combined with analysis of modern designer collections.

Time Range

c. 2070 BC to 1912 AD (historical patterns); modern analysis timeframe is unspecified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-31 09:02:31; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China (historical patterns); Asia, Europe, North America (modern fashion analysis).