The pattern depicted in this black and white photograph is named Sunrise and Window Sash Table. A Sunrise pattern often features a cross center. This example also shows a window sash table, a large square or rectangle motif in a pattern that is…
This is a photograph of a watercolor painting done by Frances Goodrich of a mountain woman working at an old-fashioned loom. Goodrich was educated at the Yale School of Fine Arts before coming to western North Carolina as a Presbyterian missionary.…
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 bedspread with a knotted fringe, believed to have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries during the 1910s. The back of the photograph is labeled "Knotted Spread 'Flower Basket' design" and the number 2504 is…
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…
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 "Tufted spread - called 'turfed' - H. C. Wilkie, West Asheville, N.C. - Please…
This photograph depicts an example of a handmade testers or bed canopies available for sale from Allanstand Cottage Industries in the early 1900s. A note on the back of the photograph reads: "Testers made to order. $40.00 up -" with "Allanstand…
This photograph depicts a bedspread believed to have been sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries during the 1910s. The pattern appears to be executed with needlework knots, although it may have been tufted. The maker of this bedspread is…