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Title	Isadora Williams Weaving Notebook II
Creator	Williams, Isadora
Medium of Original	unpublished materials
Date of Orginal	1930/1939
Dimensions	8.5" x 11" x 1"
Description	This notebook was compiled by Isadora Williams, probably in the mid-1930s, during her attendance at one of the Weaving Institutes sponsored by the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The notebook contains mostly instructions for weaving patterns along with weaving samples. The weaving instructions, also called weaving drafts, are in the form of typed instructions produced by weaving instructor Edward Worst and Williams' accompanying hand-written weaving drafts and notes on treadling. Many of Worst's typed drafts also include small black and white photographs of the finished weaving pattern. Isadora Williams (1884-1976) was a Home Marketing Specialist with the University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service, and was an accomplished rug weaver and a founding member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. She attended the summer Weaving Institutes at Penland several times during the 1930s and 1940s.
Subject - Topic	Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group	Penland School of Handicrafts Penland School of Crafts
Time Period	1930s
Source Institution	Penland School of Crafts
Collection	Isadora Williams Collection
Inventory Number	PSC_CR056
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Penland School of Crafts Archives, Penland, NC 28765
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Title	Isadora Williams Weaving Notebook II
Creator	Williams, Isadora
Medium of Original	unpublished materials
Date of Orginal	1930/1939
Dimensions	8.5" x 11" x 1"
Description	This notebook was compiled by Isadora Williams, probably in the mid-1930s, during her attendance at one of the Weaving Institutes sponsored by the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The notebook contains mostly instructions for weaving patterns along with weaving samples. The weaving instructions, also called weaving drafts, are in the form of typed instructions produced by weaving instructor Edward Worst and Williams' accompanying hand-written weaving drafts and notes on treadling. Many of Worst's typed drafts also include small black and white photographs of the finished weaving pattern. Isadora Williams (1884-1976) was a Home Marketing Specialist with the University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service, and was an accomplished rug weaver and a founding member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. She attended the summer Weaving Institutes at Penland several times during the 1930s and 1940s.
Subject - Topic	Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group	Penland School of Handicrafts Penland School of Crafts
Time Period	1930s
Source Institution	Penland School of Crafts
Collection	Isadora Williams Collection
Inventory Number	PSC_CR056_01
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Penland School of Crafts Archives, Penland, NC 28765
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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