Quilts, Coverlets & Counterpanes
Quilts, Coverlets & Counterpanes

Author: Paula W. Locklair

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13:

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Quilts, Coverlets, and Counterpanes: Bedcoverings from the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts and Old Salem Collections

Knitting Counterpanes
Knitting Counterpanes

Author: Mary Walker Phillips

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0486473082

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Mary Walker Phillips nearly single-handedly brought 19th-century American counterpanes — bed coverings — to the attention of modern knitters. Expanded with dozens of brand-new charts, this revised edition features 46 counterpane patterns as well as 32 lace edgings and borders that Phillips discovered in museums, private collections, and magazines. "A terrific book." — Knitter's Magazine. Revised and expanded reprint of the Taunton Press, Newtown, Connecticut, 1989 edition.

Frances L. Goodrich's Coverlet and Counterpane Drafts
Frances L. Goodrich's Coverlet and Counterpane Drafts

Author: Bárbara Miller

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780764352669

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This collection of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century weaving drafts from the Southern Highlands region of Appalachia includes 112 overshot drafts and drawdowns, and 31 drafts and drawdowns for the all-white summertime cotton bedspreads called counterpanes. Color photos of the original samples are shown side by side with valuable modern translations of the drafts, which enable today's weavers to make them. A vibrant example of our weaving heritage, these drafts were originally gathered in the nine states of the Southern Highlands region between 1892 and 1918 by the legendary Frances L. Goodrich. Handwoven counterpanes and coverlets were important possessions, and often were the only item of beauty in the women's otherwise impoverished living conditions. These are drafts Goodrich carefully collected but did not include in her classic Brown Book. Dozens of vintage photographs of Goodrich, the communities she served, and the women who invented the drafts help bring this part of our American craft heritage to life.