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Title
[Weave
pattern
:
Compass
Work]
Creator
Goodrich, Frances Louisa
Contributor
Stillwell, Maria
Medium of Original
artifacts
Date of Orginal
1900/1930
Description
This
watercolor
drawdown
illustrates
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
illustrates
a
single
weaving
block
. This
drawdown
was
made
by
Frances
Louisa
Goodrich
(1856-1944)
,
who
recorded
weaving
patterns
she
collected
in and
around
Asheville
,
North
Carolina
. The
pattern
was
given
to
Goodrich
by
Maria
Stillwell
. There are
three
place
names
following
:
“Swain
Co
.
/
Macon
Co
.
Nantahala.”
All
three
places
are in
North
Carolina
,
west
of
Asheville
.
Goodrich
also
noted
that the
pattern
was
“Almost
identical
with
Cumi
Woody’s.”
This
pattern
is
also
know
as
Zion
Rose
and The
Ring
.
Subject - Topic
Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft
Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Weaving -- Patterns
Craft Category
textiles
Time Period
1900s (Decade)
1910s
1920s
Location
Buncombe County (N.C.)
Source Institution
Southern Highland Craft Guild
Collection
Southern
Highland
Craft
Guild
Records
.
Frances
L
.
Goodrich
papers
.
Inventory Number
SHCG_FLG_Draft_C48
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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