This view of the “Fontana Dam Project” from the report by the Tennessee Valley Authority, “The Fontana Project: A Comprehensive Report on the Planning, Design, Construction, and Initial Operations of the Fontana Project” (Washington: ...
Rebecca Gibbs Ashe (Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe) was a self taught weaver living near Sylva, North Carolina. She made her first loom from wood donated by a neighbor on which she began weaving rugs. She did her own dyeing and created unique...
In this short video, local western North Carolina weaver and textile historian Susan Leveille discusses the tool known as a rattle. Rattles were used during warping a loom. She is standing in front of a loom which originally was used on the porch...
In this one minute video, Susan Leveille, a local weaver and textile researcher discusses loom reeds, their construction and their repair. The reed is part of the loom that goes in the beater and helps keep the warp threads separated. The loom she...
In this half-minute video, Susan Leveille, a local western North Carolina weaver and textile researcher discusses looms being disassembled and moved historically and some of the ramifications of that process. The loom she is standing in front of...
In this half-minute video, Susan Leveille, a local weaver and textile researcher discusses the condition of a loom which originally was used on the porch of the Hall family farm in Macon County, North Carolina. The farm, located on the banks of the...
Rebecca Gibbs Ashe (Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe) was a self taught weaver living near Sylva, North Carolina. She made her first loom from wood donated by a neighbor on which she began weaving rugs. She did her own dyeing and created unique...
Rebecca Gibbs Ashe (Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe) was a self taught weaver living near Sylva, North Carolina. She made her first loom from wood donated by a neighbor on which she began weaving rugs. She did her own dyeing and created unique...
Rebecca Gibbs Ashe (Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe) was a self taught weaver living near Sylva, North Carolina. She made her first loom from wood donated by a neighbor on which she began weaving rugs. She did her own dyeing and created unique...
Rebecca Gibbs Ashe (Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe) was a self taught weaver living near Sylva, North Carolina. She made her first loom from wood donated by a neighbor on which she began weaving rugs. She did her own dyeing and created unique...
Rebecca Gibbs Ashe (Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe) was a self taught weaver living near Sylva, North Carolina. She made her first loom from wood donated by a neighbor on which she began weaving rugs. She did her own dyeing and created unique...
This watercolor template or pattern was done by Ettamae Deweese for the Spinning Wheel's weaving room in Asheville, N.C. around 1928. Clementine Douglas, manager of the shop, encouraged her weavers to create designs for the household textiles they...
This five-back rocking chair was made by Shadrach Birdic "Birdie" Mace, 1892-1973, of Madison County, North Carolina. This ladder-back rocker is maple with a rush seat and was made to order. Light lines are marked on the up-rights to...
This hand woven centerpiece was produced between 1925 and 1942 by an unidentified weaver for sale through the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. The piece is decorated with a double dogwood motif using a laid in technique called...
These hand woven lunch napkins were produced between 1925 and 1942 by an unidentified weaver for sale through the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. The items are decorated with rural homestead figures using a laid in technique called...
These hand woven lunch napkins were produced between 1925 and 1942 by an unidentified weaver for sale through the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. The items are decorated with rural African American figures using a laid in technique called...
These hand woven lunch napkins were produced between 1925 and 1942 by an unidentified weaver for sale through the Spinning Wheel shop in Asheville, N.C. The items are decorated with rural African American figures using a laid in technique called...
This photographic postcard depicts a man and boy sitting on the porch of a cabin surrounded by the materials for what appears to be white oak split baskets. Several complete baskets rest in the foreground and on the chair at right. That chair...
This wire gauge was contained in a tool chest belonging to woodworker Jesse Bryson Stalcup. This handy oblong wire gauge was made for measuring wire circumference. Twenty-six slots are available for sizing, each stamped with a number. Four of the...
