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...
These bookends were carved by Robert Valier in the early 1940s. They are carved in walnut and design features overlapping galax leaves with pine needles and cones in the foreground. Valier sold his fine woodworking through the Artisans' Shop...
This article on how to reseat chairs was written by Harriet Cushman Wilkie and published in the March 1917 issue of "The Modern Priscilla." The article details how to weave chair seats using natural materials such as cattail leaves, cornhusks,...
Toy making -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This is an early booklet, telling the story of the work done by Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale. It describes their background in arts and crafts work, their arrival in Asheville, North Carolina to work with the Biltmore Estate Industries in...
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,...
This three-page handout on dyeing with natural materials was distributed to students during the 1933 Weaving Institute, August 14-25. The handout contains recipes for dyeing with Madder, Indigo, Hickory and Walnut barks, Cochineal, Sumac, Walnut...
