Weave pattern: Cat Tracks and Snail Trail

Weave pattern: Cat Tracks and Snail Trail

Allanstand Cottage Industries

Arts and crafts movement

Coverlets

Hand weaving

Handicraft

Textile fabrics

Weaving -- United States

This black and white image shows a variation of a weave pattern known as Cat Tracks and Snail Trail, identified here by the name Old Roads. The circles are said to resemble a cat’s paw, or snowball, while the diagonal undulating lines resemble snail tracks. The back of this photograph is marked: "No.24. Old Roads, Abbeville Co., S.C. See nos 35 & 41." 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

13239

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2006-12-22

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Abbeville County (S.C.)

3.25" x 5.25"(dimension)

Craft Revival