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Rebecca Ashe to Clementine Douglas, 1937

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Rebecca Ashe to Clementine Douglas, 1937

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Rebecca Ashe to Clementine Douglas, 1937

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  • Rebecca Gibbs Ashe (Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe) was a self taught weaver living near Sylva, North Carolina. She made her first loom from wood donated by a neighbor on which she began weaving rugs. She did her own dyeing and created unique homespun which was popular with visitors, including Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. By 1937 she had met Clementine Douglas and Allen Eaton, who placed orders for fabric. In this letter dated July 10, 1937, Ashe writes about the order she is doing for Douglas and how someone has been putting articles about her work in the papers, and because of such she is having a hard time getting everything done due to increased orders.
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Object’s are ‘parent’ level descriptions to ‘children’ items, (e.g. a book with pages).

  • Rebecca Gibbs Ashe (Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte Ashe) was a self taught weaver living near Sylva, North Carolina. She made her first loom from wood donated by a neighbor on which she began weaving rugs. She did her own dyeing and created unique homespun which was popular with visitors, including Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. By 1937 she had met Clementine Douglas and Allen Eaton, who placed orders for fabric. In this letter dated July 10, 1937, Ashe writes about the order she is doing for Douglas and how someone has been putting articles about her work in the papers, and because of such she is having a hard time getting everything done due to increased orders.

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During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mountain craftsmen formed the cornerstone of a revived interest in things handmade to create a movement known as the Craft Revival. During the Revival...

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