Weave pattern: Seven Stars
Dublin Core
Title
Weave pattern: Seven Stars
Subject
Arts and crafts movement
Handicraft
Textile fabrics
Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Weaving -- Patterns
Description
This watercolor drawdown and its associated weaving draft illustrate a weave pattern known as Seven Stars, which also known as Sea Star. To record a pattern, a weaver creates a draft and/or a drawdown. A draft looks much like a strip of musical notation; a drawdown is a visual grid that illustrates a single weaving block. The drawdown was made by Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944), who recorded weaving patterns she collected in and around Asheville, North Carolina. Goodrich painted the complicated pattern on unlined paper and glued it to fabric for strength. The draft strip, which notes "Elmeda Walker's draft", is attached below the drawdown.
Creator
Goodrich, Frances Louisa
Source
Frances L. Goodrich Collection
Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Date
1900/1930
Contributor
Walker, Elmeda
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Format
jpg
artifacts (object genre)
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
16399
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16399
Date Created
2009-07-01
Rights Holder
All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Southern Highland Craft Guild Archives, Asheville, NC 28815;
Spatial Coverage
Buncombe County (N.C.)
Appalachian Region, Southern
Extent
16.5" x 16"(dimension)
Is Part Of
Craft Revival
Collection
Citation
Goodrich, Frances Louisa, “Weave pattern: Seven Stars,” OAI, accessed May 2, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/16399.