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Title	[Weave Pattern: Double Bow Knot]
Creator	unknown
Medium of Original	crafts
Date of Orginal	1850-1860
Dimensions	92" x 65"
Description	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 sizes. The photograph shows the center seam that is slightly off as to a perfect match. The coverlet is woven using a natural linen warp. The brown wool pattern weft yarns are dyed with chestnut oak bark. Both fibers were hand spun. A fabric label sewn to the coverlet reads, “This piece started the Allanstand Industries.” Allanstand Cottage Industries was a craft cooperative founded in western North Carolina in the 1890s by Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944). Goodrich came to the mountains of western North Carolina to teach at a Presbyterian mission located nine miles outside Asheville, North Carolina. The coverlet, reportedly made in the 1850s by an unidentified weaver, was presented to Frances Goodrich by Mrs. William Davis of Brittain's Cove, North Carolina in the mid-1890s. It is historically important as this Double Bow Knot coverlet is the gift Goodrich credited with inspiring her to revive weaving and other crafts in the western North Carolina region. The coverlet was donated to the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild, along with the rest of Goodrich's craft collection.
Subject - Topic	Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern Handloom industry -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Coverlets -- Appalachian Region, Southern Hand weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group	Allanstand Cottage Industries Southern Highland Handicraft Guild
Craft Category	textiles
Time Period	pre-1890
Source Institution	Southern Highland Craft Guild
Collection	Southern Highland Craft Guild Records. Permanent Collection.
Inventory Number	SHCG_PC_1988_1
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Southern Highland Craft Guild Archives, Asheville, NC 28815
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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