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Title
Isadora
Williams
Weaving
Notebook
I
,
p
.
27
Creator
Williams, Isadora
Medium of Original
manuscripts (documents)
Date of Orginal
1930/1939
Dimensions
8.5" x 11" x .5"
Description
This
notebook
(front
cover
is
missing)
was
compiled
by
Isadora
Williams
,
probably
in the
early
1930s
,
during
her
attendance
at
one
of the
Weaving
Institutes
sponsored
by the
Penland
School
of
Handicrafts
(now
Penland
School
of
Crafts)
. The
notebook
contains
mostly
weaving
patterns
or
weaving
drafts
in the
form
of
typed
instructions
produced
by
weaving
instructor
Edward
Worst
and
Williams
'
accompanying
hand-written
drafts
. The
notebook
also
contains
some
hand
woven
samples
,
Williams
'
notes
on
dyeing
with
natural
materials
,
brief
biographical
information
on
Worst
,
printed
excerpts
about
the
early
history
of the
summer
courses
by
Bonnie
Willis
Ford
, and a
list
of
students
and
instructors
from the
1931
,
1932
, and
undated
Weaving
Institutes
.
Isadora
Williams
(1884-1976)
was a
Home
Marketing
Specialist
with the
University
of
Tennessee
Agricultural
Extension
Service
, and was an
accomplished
rug
weaver
and a
founding
member
of the
Southern
Highland
Craft
Guild
. She
attended
the
summer
Weaving
Institutes
at
Penland
several
times
during
the
1930s
and
1940s
.
Subject - Topic
Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft
Weaving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Dyes and dyeing -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group
Penland School of Handicrafts
Penland School of Crafts
Craft Category
textiles
Time Period
1930s
Source Institution
Penland School of Crafts
Collection
Isadora Williams Collection
Inventory Number
PSC_CR061_27
Copyright Information
All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Penland School of Crafts Archives, Penland, NC 28765
Digital Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
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