Weave pattern: Irish Chain

Weave pattern: Irish Chain

Allanstand Cottage Industries

Arts and crafts movement

Coverlets

Hand weaving

Handicraft

Textile fabrics

Weaving -- United States

The pattern name of this black and white image is Irish Chain. The back of this photograph is marked: "No.21, Irish Chain No.1, Somerset Co., Pa. Double woven." A double woven textile uses two complete sets of warp and weft that interlace. Double woven cloth requires a loom with multiple shafts and was thus most often made by professional weavers with the appropriate equipment. The source of the name “Irish Chain” is unknown. Frances Goodrich, founder of Allanstand Cottage Industries, collected the photograph. In “The Book of Handwoven Coverlets,” published in 1912 by Eliza Calvert Hall (1856-1935), this identical image is also used. 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

13235

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2006-12-22

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Somerset County (Pa.)

3.25" x 5.25"(dimension)

Craft Revival