Cow blanket

Cow blanket

Artisans

Coverlets

Needlework

Textile crafts -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Textile fabrics

This cow blanket, was made by Kate Clayton Donaldson (ca. 1864-1960), more commonly known as "Granny" Donaldson, of Marble, North Carolina. The blanket consist of a backing or ground made of a solid homespun fabric to which hand crocheted animals, trees, flowers and people are applied. According to Allen Eaton in Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands, Donaldson saw a similar blanket used in Italy to drape over the backs of cows during festivals and created her own version. This particular blanket dates to the 1930s.

Donaldson, Kate Clayton, ca. 1864-1960

Artifact Collection

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

1930/1939

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crafts (art genres)

eng

StillImage

13781

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2007-03-05

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Cherokee County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

24"x20"(dimension)

Craft Revival