Weave Pattern: Governor's Garden

Weave Pattern: Governor's Garden

Allanstand Cottage Industries

Arts and crafts movement

Coverlets

Hand weaving

Handicraft

Textile fabrics

This black and white image is a close-up of the weave pattern known as Governor’s Garden, also called Mountain Cucumber and St. Ann’s Robe. The back of this photograph is marked: "No.2, Governor's Garden, Franklin Co. Ala. Almost identical with St. Anne's Robe." The name is perhaps derived from the repetitive diamond shapes enclosed in a large block similar to a well-planned, landscaped garden. Coverlet pattern names were never standardized thus a variation in pattern name is quite common from state to state and region to region. Frances Goodrich, founder of Allanstand Cottage Industries, collected the photograph. Goodrich's work reviving traditional weaving in the mountains of western North Carolina during the late 1890s and early 1900s led her to collect weaving patterns much in the same way that others of that era were collecting mountain songs. Goodrich kept extensive records of the weave patterns and variations that she came across in her travels. Her research may have provided background for or influenced what was woven and sold through her Allanstand Cottage Industries.

Goodrich, Frances Louisa

Frances L. Goodrich Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1900/1919

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StillImage

13212

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2006-12-22

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Franklin County (Ala.)

3.25" x 5.25"(dimension)

Craft Revival