Written by President Louise L. Pitman, this announcement describes upcoming events planned for a 1941 meeting of the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. Such a meeting was held each spring in Knoxville, Tennessee since the Guild’s founding in...
This 1904 newspaper article describes the handiCraft Revival flourishing in places around the southeastern and northeastern U.S. The article appears to be written in response to a recent Bureau of Labor report and mentions the numerous charitable...
Coverlets -- United States; Hand weaving -- United States; Weaving -- United States;
The pattern name of this black and white image is Double Muscadine Hull. The name is likely derived for a fondness of or a real or imagined resemblance to the muscadine grape, Vitis rotundifolia, native to the southeastern United States. The back...
This photograph of Cherokee basket weavers Eva Wolfe (left) and Emma Taylor (right) was made by photographer Robert Amberg. Most likely the date of this image is 1989, the year that both women presented with a North Carolina Folk Heritage Award by...
This photograph depicts a tufted bedspread, believed to have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries during the 1910s. The back of the photograph is stamped "Miss W. C. Wilkie, West Asheville, N.C." along with a note in Frances Goodrich's...
This photograph depicts a tufted bedspread, believed to have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries during the 1910s. The back of the photograph is stamped "Miss W. C. Wilkie, West Asheville, N.C." along with a note in Frances Goodrich's...
This photograph depicts a tufted bedspread, believed to have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries during the 1910s. The back of the photograph is labeled "Knotted spread 'Wild rose vine'" and the number 2505 is assumed to be a product...
This photograph provides a closer look at the design of a tufted bedspread, believed to have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries during the 1910s. The maker of this bedspread is unknown. Tufting was a domestic handcraft that was revived...
