Weave pattern: Chariot Wheel

Weave pattern: Chariot Wheel

Arts and crafts movement

Handicraft

Textile fabrics

Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Weaving -- Patterns

This watercolor drawdown and draft illustrate a weave pattern known as Chariot Wheel. 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. Weaving drawdowns were made by Frances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944), who recorded weaving patterns she collected in and around Asheville, North Carolina. Goodrich collected several versions of this popular pattern, which is sometimes called Double Chariot Wheel. This version, drawn on unlined paper and glued to fabric for strength, was given to Goodrich by Elmeda Walker. A second version, drawn on graph paper, was given to Goodrich by the Ledfords of Sevier County, Tennessee.

Goodrich, Frances Louisa

Frances L. Goodrich Collection

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

1900/1930

Walker, Elmeda

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artifacts (object genre)

eng

StillImage

16441

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/16441

2009-05-18

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Buncombe County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

8" x 7.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival