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…
This instructional booklet on how to spin wool, flax, and cotton was written and illustrated by Howard C. "Toni" Ford as part of a series of eleven "brieflets" published by Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) around 1943.
The use of both natural and commercially dyed yarns makes this a striking nineteenth century coverlet. Made by an unidentified weaver, the coverlet pattern is a variation of Catalpa Flower, a name likely derived from its resemblance, real or…
The pattern in this color image is a variation of Wheel of Fortune, also known as Cup and Saucer. The worn nineteenth century coverlet bedcover was likely made by Martha Emmaline Queen (1860–1917) of Jackson County, North Carolina. The warp is sett…