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    • ["The Spinning Wheel" Girls]

    • ["The Spinning Wheel" Girls]

    • Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • In December 1928, a group of weavers from The Spinning Wheel shop, referring to themselves as "The Spinning Wheel Girls", gave Clementine Douglas a looseleaf volume of lyrics from mountain folk songs. Douglas kept the volume and added this...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand basket display]

    • [Allanstand basket display]

    • Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Brooms and brushes -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cornhusk craft -- Appalachian region, Southern; Metal-work -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern

    • This photograph of an Allanstand Cottage Industries display includes baskets, brooms, and metal fireplace tools. There are also two oval mats made from cornhusks to be used as doormats. The photograph was made on October 3, 1935 to be used for...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand cabin, approach]

    • [Allanstand cabin, approach]
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    • This photograph depicts the approach to the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the logs of the original Allan's Old Stand, a two-story...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand cabin, end view]

    • [Allanstand cabin, end view]
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    • This photograph depicts the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the logs of the original Allan's Old Stand, a two-story cabin used as a...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand cabin, sign]

    • [Allanstand cabin, sign]
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    • This photograph depicts the sign on the road in front of the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The sign reads "Allanstand Cottage Industries, Pioneers." The shop...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand cabin, with cars]

    • [Allanstand cabin, with cars]
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    • This photograph depicts two cars stopped in front of the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the logs of the original Allan's Old Stand,...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand cabin, with woman and man]

    • [Allanstand cabin, with woman and man]
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    • This photograph depicts an unidentified man and woman in front of the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. Note baskets on view through windows at left. The shop was...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand cabin, with woman]

    • [Allanstand cabin, with woman]
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    • This photograph depicts an unidentified woman sitting on the front porch of the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. Note baskets on view through windows at left. The...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand cabin, woman and boy with dye pot]

    • [Allanstand cabin, woman and boy with dye pot]

    • Dyes and dyeing -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This photograph depicts an unidentified woman and a small boy working the dye pot outside the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand cabin, woman and boys with dye pot]

    • [Allanstand cabin, woman and boys with dye pot]

    • Dyes and dyeing -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This photograph depicts an unidentified woman and two small boys working the dye pot outside the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries display]

    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries display]

    • Coverlets -- Appalachian Region, Southern;Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This photograph is included in a scrapbook that chronicles Frances Goodrich’s early years in western North Carolina. Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944) was among the first to promote a revival of weaving in the North Carolina mountains,...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries history, draft]

    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries history, draft]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Coverlets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Looms -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This draft history of the Allanstand Cottage Industries tells the story of how Frances Goodrich founded the craft cooperative. The story begins with Goodrich's work as an educational missionary in the Brittain's Cove community in Buncombe County...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries product display: baskets]

    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries product display: baskets]

    • Cherokee baskets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern

    • 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...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries product display: coverlets]

    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries product display: coverlets]

    • Coverlets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Household linens -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • 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...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries product display: woven and hooked items]

    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries product display: woven and hooked items]

    • Coverlets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Textile crafts -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Rugs -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • This photograph shows an arrangement of woven and hooked items offered for sale by Allanstand Cottage Industries during the early 1900s. The salesroom opened in Asheville in 1908. A note on the back of the photograph reads: "Woven textiles, hooked...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries product display]

    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries product display]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cornhusk craft -- Appalachian region, Southern; Dolls -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Furniture -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Brooms and brushes -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Toys -- Appalachian...

    • 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,...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries product display]

    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries product display]

    • Basketwork -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Chairs -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cornhusk craft -- Appalachian region, Southern; Coverlets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Dolls -- Appalachian...

    • 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...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries product display]

    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries product display]

    • Basket making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cornhusk craft -- Appalachian region, Southern; Coverlets -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Household linens -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Textile crafts...

    • 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...
    • Craft Revival
    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries salesroom interior: baskets]

    • [Allanstand Cottage Industries salesroom interior: baskets]

    • 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...
    • Craft Revival

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