Coverlets: New Threads in Old Patterns

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Title

Coverlets: New Threads in Old Patterns

Subject

Allanstand Cottage Industries
Exhibitions
Hand weaving
Textile fabrics

Description

This is a promotional brochure produced for a 1988 traveling exhibit about the revival of coverlet weaving in Appalachia in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The exhibit was organized and sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the Mountain Heritage Center. Illustrated with black and white photographs of coverlets, Frances Goodrich, and weaving processes, the brochure describes the development of the Craft Revival and hand weaving in the southern Appalachian region.

Creator

Davidson, Jan
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
Western Carolina University. Mountain Heritage Center

Source

Mountain Heritage Center Collection

Publisher

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

Date

1988-06-23

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

jpg;
publications (documents)

Language

eng

Type

Text

Identifier

13254
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/13254

Date Created

2007-01-26

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;

Spatial Coverage

Appalachian Region, Southern

Extent

11.5" x 20.5"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Craft Revival

Collection

Citation

Davidson, Jan, Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service, and Western Carolina University. Mountain Heritage Center, “Coverlets: New Threads in Old Patterns,” OAI, accessed May 2, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/13254.