This photograph shows an arrangement of items offered for sale by Allanstand Cottage Industries probably during the 1920s. Depicted are cornhusk dolls made by Margaret Revis, along with rustic brooms, a ladder back chair, two child-size chairs,...
Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This photographic postcard depicts the interior of the Allanstand Cottage Industries salesroom. It shows the variety of shapes and styles of baskets sold at the shop. Several weavings hang at the left. Watercolors and photographs are above the...
This photograph depicts a set of cornhusk dolls, known as the "Husk Family," made by Margaret Revis and sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries starting in the 1920s. The two black faced dolls have nut heads, while the others are entirely of...
This interior photograph of the Allanstand Cottage Industries salesroom was taken probably in the 1920s by Asheville photographer Herbert W. Pelton. The view shows the diversity of handmade items for sale. At the time the photograph was taken, the...
This 1929 letter to Mrs. William Dudley Foulke is an example of the letters which Frances Goodrich sent out to Allanstand Cottage Industries, Inc. stockholders as she made arrangements to pass the shop on to new owners. Over the course of 1929 and...
These minutes document a significant meeting of the directors of Allanstand Cottage Industries held on January 1, 1930. At this meeting, the formation of the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild (later Southern Highland Handicraft Guild) is reported...
This brochure was written by Frances Goodrich to promote the incorporation of the Allanstand Cottage Industries in 1916. The brochures traces the brief history of the business from its formation in 1896, the revival of natural dying and weaving in...
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 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 photographic postcard depicts the 'Husk' family of cornhusk dolls made by Margaret C. Revis of Buncombe County, North Carolina. Revis sold these dolls through Allanstand Cottage Industries during the 1920s and 1930s. In 1930 the designs for...
This photograph shows an arrangement of baskets and a miniature chair offered for sale by Allanstand Cottage Industries during the early 1900s. The source of the baskets and their makers is unknown, but early histories of the Allanstand shop often...
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 color image is a close-up of a weave pattern known as Betty Teague. The front of the photograph also is hand marked Betty Teague. Frances Goodrich, founder of Allanstand Cottage Industries, collected the photograph. Goodrich’s notes indicate...
The pattern name of this color image is a variation of Sea Star. The back of this photograph is marked: "Seven stars. Wrong side out." Coverlet pattern names were never standardized thus a variation in pattern name is quite common from state to...
This color image shows a full-size coverlet in a weave pattern known as Cat Tracks and Snail Trail or Snow Trail. The circles are said to resemble a cat’s paw or snowball while the diagonal undulating lines resemble snail tracks. The back of this...
This photograph depicts a display set up in Holderness, New Hampshire featuring products available through Allanstand Cottage Industries in 1909. The display features cornhusk hats, a hand-knotted bedspread, baskets, handwoven coverlets, an animal...
This photograph depicts an example of a handmade testers or bed canopies available for sale from Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1900s. A note on the back of the photograph reads: "Testers made to order. $40.00 up -" with "Allanstand...
This photograph depicts a bedspread believed to have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries during the 1910s. The pattern appears to be executed with needlework knots, although it may have been tufted. The maker of this bedspread is...
