This page of illustrations from the souvenir album "Western North Carolina R.R. Scenery," published in the 1880s, features panels depicting "Taking a rest" (top left); "Uncle Tom's cabin" (bottom left); "Native...
This page of illustrations from the souvenir album "Western North Carolina R.R. Scenery," published in the 1880s, features panels depicting "Swannanoa Tunnel, 1800 feet" (top left); "Lick Log Tunnel, 562 feet" (top...
This page of illustrations from the souvenir album 'Western North Carolina R.R. Scenery,' published in the 1880s, features panels depicting 'Taking a rest' (top left); 'Uncle Tom's cabin' (bottom left); 'Native cabin' (top middle); 'A mountain...
This page of illustrations from the souvenir album 'Western North Carolina R.R. Scenery,' published in the 1880s, features panels depicting 'Swannanoa Tunnel, 1800 feet' (top left); 'Lick Log Tunnel, 562 feet' (top middle); 'Water Divide from...
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 undated photograph by John Parris depicts craftspeople working at the Oconaluftee Indian Village, a recreated 1750s Cherokee village. The man in the foreground is holding a broadaxe, commonly used to remove the bark of trees and roughly shape...
This is a photograph of craftspeople working at the Oconaluftee Indian Village, a recreation of a 1750s Cherokee village. The two men in the foreground are holding an axe (left) and a broadaxe (right), commonly used to fell trees and remove the...
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 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...
This undated photograph of Cherokee baskets was taken by Edward L. DuPuy for the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. The variety of basket styles and materials in this photograph reflects the many kinds of baskets made by Cherokee craftspeople. The...
Cherokee basket makers demonstrated their craft at the Craftsman's Fairs of the Southern Highlands, here they are depicted at the 1952 fair in Asheville, North Carolina. On the left, Lucy George demonstrates weaving with honeysuckle vine. In the...
This barn loom was collected by Frances Goodrich. The loom is representative of the traditional four-harness looms used by weavers during the Craft Revivial period (1890 -1940) in the southern Appalachian mountains. Frances Louisa Goodrich...
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...
This hand towel was handwoven by an unidentified weaver for Penland Weavers and Potters, Penland, N.C., during the late 1930s. This hand towel is all cotton and features various shades from black to rose pink on a natural background. There is a...
This lavender hand towel was handwoven by an unidentified weaver for Penland Weavers and Potters, Penland, N.C., during the late 1930s. This hand towel is hand woven linen with decorative weaving at each end and in the middle.
This handwoven blanket made of linen and wool is butter color with two panels and a seam down the middle of the blanket. Although the maker of this blanket is unknown, it was probably made in the mid to late 1800s and is typical of the...
This page of illustrations from the souvenir album "Western North Carolina R.R. Scenery," published in the 1880s, features panels depicting "Modern Agriculture" (top); "Blondin donkey" (middle); and, "A mountain...
This page of illustrations from the souvenir album "Western North Carolina R.R. Scenery," published in the 1880s, features panels depicting "Above the clouds from Caesars Head," in South Carolina(top); "Boating on the...
This page of illustrations from the souvenir album "Western North Carolina R.R. Scenery," published in the 1880s, features panels depicting "Hot Springs Hotel from Passenger Depot" (top left); "View above Hot Springs"...
This page of illustrations from the souvenir album "Western North Carolina R.R. Scenery," published in the 1880s, features panels depicting "Lover's Leap from across the river" (top left); "Spring Creek Falls" (top...
