This woven cloth sample notebook was originally compiled by Helen Wilmer Stone (ca. 1891-1978) presumably while she was working at the Pine Mountain Settlement School in Kentucky. The notebook contains samples of woven fabrics glued to notebook...
This woven cloth sample notebook was originally compiled by Helen Wilmer Stone (ca. 1891-1978) presumably while she was working at the Pine Mountain Settlement School in Kentucky. The notebook contains samples of woven fabrics glued to notebook...
This notebook (front cover is missing) was compiled by Isadora Williams, probably in the early 1930s, during her attendance at one of the Weaving Institutes sponsored by the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The...
This notebook was compiled by Isadora Williams, probably in the mid-1930s, during her attendance at one of the Weaving Institutes sponsored by the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts). The notebook contains mostly...
(007) Tri-folding 12 inch rule. Folding rule in three parts; plated metal; with ''THE DRAUGHON BUSINESS COLLEGE'' ''OPPOSITE POST OFFICE KNOXVILLE, TENN.'' ''THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE IN THE SOUTH''; (037) French curve; stamped with ''KEUFFEL &...
(038) Triangle; 30?? 60?? 90?? triangle; wooden drafting tool; ink stains on top surface and edges; dark wood; 30?? end has tip broken; has glue or varnish residue on underside; (041) Drafting instruments set in a leather covered case; set contains...
This watercolor drawdown and draft illustrate a weave pattern known as Compass Work. 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 known as Bonaparte's March. One draft dates from 1827, the other draft and the drawdown date from the early-to-mid-1900s. To record a pattern, a weaver creates a draft and/or a...
This series of a watercolor drawdown and corresponding weaving drafts, dating from the early-to-mid 1900s, illustrates a weave pattern known as Double Bow Knot. To record a pattern, a weaver creates a draft and/or a drawdown. A draft looks much...
This watercolor drawdown and associated drafts, dating from the early-to-mid 1900s, illustrate the coverlet pattern known as Federal Constitution. To record a pattern, a weaver creates a draft and/or a drawdown. A draft looks much like a strip of...
This watercolor drawdown and two drafts illustrate a weave pattern known as Rattlesnake. 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...
These two watercolor drawdowns and two drafts, dating from the early 1900s, illustrate a weave pattern known as Blue Bell. To record a pattern, a weaver creates a draft and/or a drawdown. A draft looks much like a strip of musical notation; a...
This watercolor drawdown and two drafts illustrate a weave pattern known as Pine Burr. 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 known as Betty Teague. 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 draft illustrate a weave pattern known as Compass Work (here titled "Compus Woark"). 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...
This watercolor drawdown and draft illustrate a weave pattern known as Compass Work. 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 series of weaving drafts illustrates a pattern known as Compass Work. 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 illustrates a single...