A loom shuttle such as this carries the weft fiber for a weaver. The warp is strung on to a loom from the back to where the weaver sits in front. A weaver needs at least one shuttle, and may use several, for different colors or for different...
A shuttle carries the weft fiber for a weaver across the warp. The warp is strung on to a loom from the back to where the weaver sits in front. A weaver needs at least one shuttle, and may use several, for different colors or for different...
A shuttle carries the weft fiber for a weaver. The warp is strung on to a loom from the back to where the weaver sits in front. A weaver needs at least one shuttle, and may use several, for different colors or for different weight of threads. ...
A shuttle carries the weft fiber for a weaver. The warp is strung on to a loom from the back to where the weaver sits in front. A weaver needs at least one shuttle, and may use several, for different colors or for different threads. These open...
A shuttle carries the weft fiber for a weaver. The warp is strung on to a loom from the back to where the weaver sits in front. A weaver needs at least one shuttle, and may use several, for different colors or for different threads. The two...
This unidentified early 1900s postcard came from Frances L. Goodrich's collection of photographs from the western North Carolina region. The young woman is holding what appears to be the framework of a small basket. She may have white oak splits...
This undated photograph by an unknown photographer shows Cherokee woodcarver Adam Welch. Welch was born in the Big Cove Community on the Qualla Boundary May 22, 1925. It was not until he retired from the Bureau of Indian Affairs that he discovered...
This coverlet is a variation of the King's Flower pattern with window sash and table motifs used in the design. It was woven by an unknown weaver in the mid-1800s in two strips, using two colors of wool on a cotton warp. Frances Louisa Goodrich...
This watercolor drawdown and two drafts, illustrate a weave pattern known as Double Snow Ball. To record a pattern, a weaver creates a draft and/or a drawdown. A draft looks much like a strip of musical notation; a drawdown is a visual grid that...
This watercolor drawdown and two drafts illustrate a weave pattern identified as Waggon Wheels (Wagon Wheels). To record a pattern, a weaver creates a draft and/or a drawdown. A draft looks much like a strip of musical notation; a drawdown is a...
The article and accompanying photograph appeared in The Chattanooga Times on Thursday, October 3, 1935. It is a group shot of the members and friends of the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. The group gathered for the guild’s semiannual...
This letter was written by Doris Coulter, tapestry weaver and life-member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. The 1965 letter provides details about a cooperative effort by Department of the Interior’s Indian Arts and Crafts Board, the Jackson...
This four-page sepia toned brochure was published by the Member’s Gallery of the Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc. to accompany an exhibition held in May 1983. Pictured are a variety of white oak rib baskets baskets made by Minda Wolfe’s...
This finely modeled pottery vessel with a snake motif was made by Susannah Harris Owl (1847–1934). Susannah Harris was born in 1847 on Catawba land along the banks of the Catawba River in what is now York, South Carolina, ten miles south of Rock...
Susannah Harris was born in 1847 on Catawba land along the banks of the Catawba River in what is now York, ten miles south of Rock Hill, South Carolina, near Charlotte. After the Civil War, she met Sampson Owl, a Cherokee man who was visiting her...
This photographic postcard depicts the community Weaving Cabin adjacent to the Appalachian School campus near Penland, North Carolina, ca. 1927-1935. The Weaving Cabin became the gathering place for the community weavers organized by Lucy Morgan in...
This photographic postcard depicts the Edward F. Worst Craft House during the summer of 1935. The structure was built on land owned by Lucy Morgan and later deeded to Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The building,...
This photographic postcard depicts the Edward F. Worst Craft House on the campus of the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The building was named after the school's first weaving instructor, Edward F. Worst. The...
This postcard depicts two women spinning flax in front of the fireplace in the newly constructed Edward F. Worst Craft House adjacent to the campus of the Appalachian School in Penland, North Carolina, ca. 1935-1936. The older woman seated to the...
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...
