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This photographic postcard depicts the interior of the Allanstand Cottage Industries salesroom. It shows the variety of shapes and styles of baskets sold at the shop. Several weavings hang at the left. Watercolors and photographs are above the…

This photograph depicts a set of cornhusk dolls, known as the "Husk Family," made by Margaret Revis and sold through Allanstand Cottage Industries starting in the 1920s. The two black faced dolls have nut heads, while the others are entirely of…

This photograph of the Corn Shuck Family was taken for Allanstand Cottage Industries and used for publicity. It shows the dolls developed and patented by Margaret Revis. They are named: Maizie, Tiny Tot, Flossie, Millie, Jr., Cornelius, and Peggy…

These two early 1900s weaving drafts illustrate the coverlet pattern known as Beautiful Waves. 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…

Carving of a charging stag made from cherry wood made by Cherokee artisan Boyce Allison.

Carving of an eagle from cherry wood made by Cherokee artisan Boyce Allison.

This wood carving was made by Boyce Allison, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual artisan cooperative.

This wood carving was made by Boyce Allison, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual artisan cooperative.

This three-string dulcimer was made by Kentucky luthier Jethro Amburgey. As is typical of early hand-built Appalachian dulcimers, this instrument is only partially fretted, the frets not reaching across the entire fret board. This instrument was…

Group photograph of Appalachian Industrial School students taken outside the old Conley home, now known as Farm House and located on the campus of Penland School of Crafts. From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School (as it came to be known) served as…