This photograph shows an arrangement of items offered for sale by Allanstand Cottage Industries during the 1920s and early 1930s. Depicted are cornhusk dolls made by Margaret Revis of Buncombe County, along with several pine needle baskets and...
This wall hanging was handwoven by an unidentified weaver for Penland Weavers and Potters, of Penland, North Carolina, during the late 1930s. It is a reversible (summer & winter) pattern in a jacquard weave using the patterns Pine Tree and...
This historical summary of traditional weaving in the southern Appalachian mountains was written by Frances Goodrich in March of 1926. This essay describes weaving as she found it during her mission work in western North Carolina during the...
This essay outlines the state of weaving and dyeing in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee in the late 19th century. It covers primarily the use of natural dyes and natural fibers in weaving cloth to be used for clothing and bedding. The...
This is an early brochure for the Weaving Department of the Crossnore School in Crossnore, N.C. It includes a brief introduction to the program and production operations at Crossnore School as well as a price list from which items could be...
Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe supervised several people in their weaving and rug making. She filed a questionnaire as an individual but was also treated as a producing center because of the number of workers she employed. Questionnaires like this...
This unsigned photograph of a women sitting at the loom was taken by Doris Ulmann probably in the early 1930s. The woman appears to hold a finished woven piece in her lap and a shuttle in her hand. Although the woman and location are...
Mary Ewing learned weaving at the Norris School where Winogene Redding was teaching. She sold small woven items through the Southern Highlanders, Inc. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education...
This article appeared in an unspecified newspaper on August 24, 1913 and describes the work of Elmeda Walker (incorrectly identified as Martha) and her sister Martha McHargue (identified here as Caroline) creating handwoven items which will be used...
This is a photograph of a watercolor painting done by Frances Goodrich of a mountain woman working at an old-fashioned loom. Goodrich was educated at the Yale School of Fine Arts before coming to western North Carolina as a Presbyterian...
This photograph shows Elmeda Walker working at her loom outside of a mountain cabin in the late 1890s or early 1900s. The coverlet design is visible as it moves on to the weaver's lap. This photograph was used in promotional materials for...
Frances L. Goodrich was a talented artist in her own right. She used several of her photographs as the basis for watercolor works. The weaver is unidentified. The titled format may have been planned for post cards. Another version of the...
This article describes Frances Goodrich's efforts to revive weaving in western North Carolina and the creation of Allanstand Cottage Industries. The article was written by Annie Creelman and published in the August 1923 issue of "Social...
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....
Lucy Morgan learned weaving at Berea College and founded Penland Weavers and Potters which had grown into the Penland School of Handicrafts by the time of this survey. The final remarks, written by intake staff, read: "An informal teacher, good...
Elizabeth Lord was college educated and taught weaving at Western Carolina Teacher's College (now Appalachian State University). At the time of this survey, Lord was director of Watauga Industries, a production weaving center. Questionnaires like...
Ralph Lawrence learned weaving in the mountains. He was a foreman at Appalachian Weavers in Tryon, North Carolina. At the time of the questionnaire he was making rugs and bags using "looper" fiber. He employed two discharged military soldiers. ...
The Spinning Wheel was a weaving and craft shop operated by Clementine Douglas in Asheville, N.C. It first opened in 1925. At the time of the survey, the shop was located in a log cabin in South Asheville, which is still in use today. Douglas...
This hand-tinted photographic postcard depicts two women on the porch of a mountain cabin with their spinning and weaving tools. At right a woman stands with at a great wheel, used for spinning wool. In the center foreground is a wrapping reel...
Art metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Graphic arts -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
Margaret Decker was self-taught in silk screen printing techniques, and attended Penland to learn weaving and metal work. Questionnaires like this one were the raw data for the exploratory study of the Craft Education Project, a joint undertaking...
