Weave pattern: Union Draft

Weave pattern: Union Draft

Arts and crafts movement

Handicraft

Textile fabrics

Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Weaving -- Patterns

This watercolor drawdown and draft illustrate a weave pattern known as Union Draft. 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. This drawdown was made by Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944), who recorded weaving patterns she collected in and around Asheville, North Carolina. The draft for the weave pattern came to Goodrich through her connection with other collectors. On the drawdown, she noted, “Union Draft. 1827” and “Abigail Steadman, her draft." At the bottom edge of the draft, Goodrich added "W. H. H. Rose - R. I. to Mrs. Allen." W. H. H. Rose is likely William Henry Harrison Rose, also known as Weaver Rose. The draft probably originated with Abigail Steadman and came to Goodrich by way of Rose and Allen.

Goodrich, Frances Louisa

Frances L. Goodrich Collection

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

1900/1930

Steadman, Abigail

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crafts (art genres)

eng

StillImage

16430

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16430

2009-07-01

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Buncombe County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

Craft Revival