This photographic postcard depicts the use of handwoven textiles in the weave pattern Sun, Moon, and Stars to decorate President Woodrow Wilson's White House bedroom around 1913. The room came to be known as the Blue Mountain Room. First Lady Ellen...
This booklet promoting Allanstand Cottage Industries was written by Frances Goodrich and published by the Women's Home Mission Board of the Presbyterian Church in 1901 or 1902. Goodrich founded Allanstand Cottage Industries while working as a...
This article describes numerous examples of the Craft Revival in western North Carolina. Written by Annie Creelman, it appeared in the June 1, 1923 edition of "Southern Agriculturist." The article gives an overview of the generalized interest in...
This photograph shows an arrangement of coverlets and bed covers offered for sale by Allanstand Cottage Industries during the early 1900s. At the far left are strips of handmade fringe in various patterns that could be added to home linens and...
This woven cloth sample notebook was originally compiled by Helen Wilmer Stone (ca. 1891-1978) presumably while she was working at the Pine Mountain Settlement School in Kentucky. The notebook contains samples of woven fabrics glued to notebook...
This sale brochure promotes the products of the Spinning Wheel, a weaving studio and regional craft shop in Asheville, N.C. In 1925, Clementine Douglas opened the Spinning Wheel, a weaving studio and retail shop selling a range of local crafts....
This photograph shows five different types of hand-knotted fringe available from the Allanstand Cottage Industries during the 1910s. Apparently these fringes were available as options on various bedspreads or coverlets. The back of the photograph...
This photograph depicts a bedspread believed to have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries during the 1910s. The pattern, identified as Blue Bell in another photograph, appears to be executed with needlework knots, although it may have...
This photograph depicts a fringed bedspread believed to have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries during the 1910s. The pattern, identified as Grape Vine, appears to use both tufting (for grapes) and needlework knots (for vines). The...
This photograph depicts a fringed bedspread believed to have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries during the 1910s. The pattern, identified as Bow Knot and Thistle, appears to be executed with needlework knots, although it may have been...
This catalog features craft items available through the Southern Highlanders, Inc. during the late 1930s and 1940s. The term "Native American" as used here refers to traditional American crafts in general rather than American Indian crafts...
This unsigned photograph, taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, shows a corner in Olive Dame Campbell's bedroom at the John C. Campbell Folk School. Campbell resided in the Farm House, the only pre-existing structure on the school's property. A...
This catalog features craft items available through the Southern Highlanders, Inc. during the late 1930s. The photographs of various craft items are accompanied by a brief description of that craft. Also included are inserts identifying craft...
These documents pertain to the life and work of Mrs. C.G. Hodges (first name unknown), who specialized in making Colonial Knot bedspreads, also called candle wicking, with elaborate fringes. Included are the transcript of an interview of Mrs....
This catalog features craft items available through the Southern Highlanders, Inc. during the late 1930s through the 1940s. Many craft artists from western North Carolina sold products through the Southern Highlanders, Inc. during the late 1930s...
This undated black and white promotional photograph shows examples of place mats and a table runner woven out of cotton warp and sedge weft. These articles were woven and sold by the Penland Weavers and Potters sometime during 1940-1967.
This undated black and white promotional photograph shows a linen place mat and napkin woven and sold by the Penland Weavers and Potters during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "All Linen place mats & napkins, White: 2.50 each mat...
This undated black and white promotional photograph shows three examples of drawstring aprons woven and sold by the Penland Weavers and Potters sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "Aprons, 3.50 each"
This undated black and white promotional photograph shows a cotton place mat and napkin woven and sold by the Penland Weavers and Potters sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "Honeysuckle mats 1.50 ea.; matching napkins...
This undated black and white promotional photograph shows a cotton place mat woven and sold by the Penland Weavers and Potters, sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "Heavy cotton place mats, a) bright colors, b) grey...
