This photograph depicts two cars stopped in front of the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the logs of the original Allan's Old Stand, a…
This photograph depicts an unidentified woman and a small boy working the dye pot outside the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the logs…
This photograph depicts an unidentified woman and two small boys working the dye pot outside the cabin craft shop used by Allanstand Cottage Industries in Madison County, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. The shop was constructed from the…
This "Bow-Tie" pattern quilt was probably made by women in the Monteith family of Jackson County, N.C., circa 1930s to 1950s. The quilt top is constructed of off-white muslin with multi-colored prints, plaids, and solids. The backing consists of…
This pieced quilt was made by Eunice Leona Taylor Hall of Buncombe County, N.C. in the early 1900s. Constructed of cotton prints and pieced by hand, the quilting is done in a fan pattern at six stitches per inch. Unraveled fibers from feed sacks…
This promotional postcard was produced by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild's Allanstand craft shop and features a family of cornhusk dolls made by Margaret C. Revis. These dolls were sold by the Allanstand shop dating back to the 1920s. This…
This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1917 provides an overall financial statement as well as an inventory for specific craft categories. Allanstand Cottage Industries was founded in 1896, but was incorporated in 1916 and…
These three documents outline the standards of quality adopted by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild in 1943 and applied to those seeking membership in the Guild. Since its inception in 1930, membership in the Guild has been juried. In the…
This letter from M.A. Peck, of Montreal, Canada, was received by Frances Goodrich, of Asheville, N.C., on January 18, 1937. Peck congratulates Goodrich on the success of Allanstand Cottage Industries which Goodrich founded (but was owned by the…
This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1930 shows the decline in sales resulting from the onset of the Great Depression. While the shop continued to be an asset to the region's craftspeople, it also felt the strain of tougher…