Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handloom industry -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
The pattern depicted in this black and white photograph is named Nine Chariot Wheels. The back of this photograph is marked "35 is Irish Chain". Nine Chariot Wheels describes the motifs, a total of nine, that make up the design of rounded wheels...
Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
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...
This weaving fragment is included in a sample book assembled by Frances Goodrich, most likely during the 1920s. Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944) was among the first to promote a revival of weaving in the North Carolina mountains, having founded...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Craft shops -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handloom industry -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This photograph shows an arrangement of coverlets and bed covers offered for sale by Allanstand Cottage Industries during the early 1900s. At the far left are strips of handmade fringe in various patterns that could be added to home linens and...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
The pattern name of this black and white image is Cross of Tennessee. The name may have derived from the manner in which a geometric cross radiates out eventually forming interlocking wheels. The back of this photograph is marked: "No.16, The...
Although the exact origin and who used this particular spinning wheel is unknown, it is typical of the type of spinning wheels used throughout the southern Appalachian mountains during the 19th century to spin wool and cotton. This spinning wheel...
This Great Wheel is typical of the wheels used by Appalachian families for their spinning. It is constructed of wood with some leather and metal pieces.
This Great Wheel is typical of the wheels used by Apalachian families for their spinning. It is constructed of wood that has been decorated on a lathe.
Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Arts and crafts movement -- United States; Cherokee women -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This photograph from the 1940s shows Maude Welch, a renowned Cherokee potter, making pottery on her front porch. Welch was born in 1894 near Cooper's Creek in the Bird Town section of the Qualla Boundary. Her pottery was formed and carved from...
Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Arts and crafts movement -- United States; Cherokee women -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This photograph from the 1940s shows Maude Welch, a renowned Cherokee potter, making pottery on her front porch. Welch was born in 1894 near Cooper's Creek in the Bird Town section of the Qualla Boundary. Her pottery was formed and carved from...
Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Arts and crafts movement -- United States; Cherokee women -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This photograph from the 1940s shows the home of Maude Welch, a renowned Cherokee potter. Upon close inspection, Welch can be seen shaping pottery on her front porch at the far left of the house. In the center of the photograph, in front of the...
Cherokee women -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This 1900 photograph from the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives depicts Cherokee women making pottery. The woman on the left is Katalsta, the daughter of Drowning Bear or Yonaguska, arguably the most prominent chief of the Eastern...
Cherokee women -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina; Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This 1900 photograph from the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives depicts Cherokee women making pottery. The woman on the left is Katalsta, the daughter of Drowning Bear or Yonaguska, arguably the most prominent chief of the Eastern...
This photographic postcard of an unidentified woman and child shows a great wheel or walking wheel, which was traditionally used to spin cotton or short-staple wool into thread. Such wheels were often used by craftswomen in cottage industries to...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handloom industry -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
The pattern depicted in this black and white photograph is named Double Chariot Wheel. The back of this photograph is marked: "32 is Chariot Wheel." Double Chariot Wheel describes the motifs that make up the design of doubled wheels alternating...
