This photograph depicts an appliqué quilt identified as the "Honey Bee" design. The quilt may have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1900s. This photograph may have been used as an example of a quilt design available...
This photograph depicts an appliqué quilt identified as the "Poppy" design. The quilt may have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1900s. This photograph may have been used as an example of a quilt design available...
This photograph depicts a patchwork quilt identified on the verso side of the photograph as the "Bird Cage" design. The quilt may have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1900s. Product brochures indicate that customers...
This photograph depicts a patchwork quilt identified on the verso of the photograph as the "Flying Swallows" design. The quilt may have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1900s. Product brochures indicate that customers...
This photograph depicts a patchwork quilt identified as the " Indiana Puzzle" design. The quilt may have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1900s. Product brochures indicate that customers could order a custom made...
This black and white image features the weave pattern Double Bow Knot. The Double Bow Knot pattern derives its name from the half bows that join in the middle forming a square-shaped knot. Bow knot patterns can be created in a multitude of sizes....
This photograph depicts a patchwork quilt identified as the "Pine Burr" design. The quilt may have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1900s. Product brochures indicate that customers could order a custom made double bed...
This photograph depicts a patchwork quilt identified as the "Drunkard's Path" or "Indiana Puzzle" design. The quilt may have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1900s. Product brochures indicate that customers could order...
This photograph depicts a patchwork quilt identified as the "Pine Tree" design. The quilt may have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1900s. Product brochures indicate that customers could order a custom made double bed...
This photograph depicts a patchwork quilt identified on the verso of the photograph as the "Pineapple Turquoise Cross" design. The quilt may have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1900s. Product brochures indicate that...
This photograph depicts a patchwork quilt identified as the "Pine Tree" design. The quilt may have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1900s. Product brochures indicate that customers could order a custom made double bed...
This photograph has been hand-colored in order to show how the finished quilt might look. The black and white photographs which Frances Goodrich kept at Allanstand for quilt orders gave a basic idea of the designs available. Shoppers could choose...
This pieced quilt was made by Eunice Leona Taylor Hall of Buncombe County, N.C. in the early 1900s. Constructed of cotton prints and pieced by hand, the quilting is done in a fan pattern at six stitches per inch. Unraveled fibers from feed sacks...
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 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...
Coverlets -- United States; Hand weaving -- United States; Weaving -- United States
The pattern name of this black and white image is a variation of Original Governor’s Garden with threading mistakes evident. The back of this photograph is marked: "No.1, Weaver's choice, Benton Co., Ark." Coverlet pattern names were never...
Coverlets -- United States; Hand weaving -- United States;
This black and white image is a close-up of the weave pattern known as Governor’s Garden, also called Mountain Cucumber and St. Ann’s Robe. The back of this photograph is marked: "No.2, Governor's Garden, Franklin Co. Ala. Almost identical with...
The pattern name of this black and white image is Lily of the Valley. The back of this photograph is marked: "No.4, Lily of the Valley, Burke Co., N.C." The source of the name Lily of the Valley is unknown. Frances Goodrich, founder of Allanstand...
A simple Patch pattern is the design name of this black and white image. The back of this photograph is marked: ""No.5, Doors and Windows, Floyd Co., Ga." In "The Book of Handwoven Coverlets", published in 1912 by Eliza Calvert Hall (1856-1935),...
The pattern name of this black and white image is Snowballs. The back of this photograph is marked: "6. Kentucky Snowballs, Knott Co., Ky." Coverlet pattern names were never standardized thus a variation in pattern name is quite common from state...
