This photograph features Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944) standing in front of two coverlets. The coverlet on the left is woven in a Double Bow Knot pattern, the one on the right is the Pine Cone Bloom pattern. This 1943 photograph, made the...
The pattern name of this nineteenth century coverlet is Double Bow Knot with Table. 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...
This color image is a close-up of the weave pattern known as 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...
Coverlets -- United States; Weaving -- United States;
This matted photograph was sent to Frances Goodrich from the Snavelys in Roanoke, Virginia, who shared Goodrich's interest in hand weaving. On the verso of the card is written: "[Double] - Dark blue - Red (wool) & white (cotton) - Very heavy -...
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...
Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Coverlets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
The use of both natural and commercially dyed yarns makes this a striking nineteenth century coverlet. Made by an unidentified weaver, the coverlet pattern is a variation of Catalpa Flower, a name likely derived from its resemblance, real or...
The pattern name of this color image is a variation of the Tennessee Blazing Star. Several distinctive qualities of this commercially woven coverlet indicate that an unidentified source or weaver produced it in the early twentieth century. Warp...
Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Coverlets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
The pattern name of this color image is Original Governor’s Garden. While the source of the name Original Governor’s Garden is unknown, one can certainly appreciate the systematic regularity of this pattern reminiscent of a well-planned garden....
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 unidentified coverlet has been carefully hung for photographing, one can even note the seam running horizontally down the center. This photograph is in Frances L. Goodrich's collection of images from the western North Carolina region. A...
Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Coverlets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
The pattern in this color image is a variation of Wheel of Fortune, also known as Cup and Saucer. The worn nineteenth century coverlet bedcover was likely made by Martha Emmaline Queen (1860–1917) of Jackson County, North Carolina. The warp is...
Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Coverlets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
The pattern in this color image is composed of Table and Diamond shapes and is referred to as an ‘unnamed’ pattern in many weaving reference books. However, the original donor’s family called the pattern "Cross and Dog Tracks." The coverlet...
The pattern name of this blue and white fragment is known as Lover’s Knot. The source of the name Lover’s Knot is unknown. Originally part of a full-size bedcover, this coverlet fragment was made between 1840 and 1890 by Pheniah Rogers Brown...
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 signed photograph of a woman with a coverlet in her lap was taken by Doris Ulmann around 1933 or 1934. She is seated in front of a quilt. Identifying text on the back of the photograph has been obliterated except for the title and fragments...
This photograph, taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, depicts Marguerite Butler seated in front of a hand-woven coverlet. Butler co-founded the John C. Campbell Folk School with Olive Dame Campbell in 1925. She served as the assistant director...
This 1978 photograph was taken by an unknown photographer inside an historic home at New Echota. A woven coverlet typical of the Craft Revival is on the bed; a hooked rug on the floor. New Echota was an attempt by the Cherokee to establish a...
A note from Frances Goodrich reads "Piece of old coverlet. Woven by Robert Dickson in [North] of Ireland. Gift of Mrs. R. D. Bedinger, his granddaughter." The heirloom traveled from one country to another, where it was treasured for its age and...
According to a note from Frances Goodrich this "piece of coverlet [was] discovered by Miss Culbertson in an old quilt lining." The story continues in other handwriting: "The quilt was an old one given her [Culbertson] by her mother and had been...
This coverlet is a variation of the Queen's Delight pattern. Made by an unknown weaver around 1870, it was woven in three sections, using dark blue wool on a cotton warp. This coverlet was donated to the Southern Highland Craft Guild by Dan Weems.
