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Weave Pattern: Sunrise and Window Sash Table

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  • The pattern depicted in this black and white photograph is named Sunrise and Window Sash Table. A Sunrise pattern often features a cross center. This example also shows a window sash table, a large square or rectangle motif in a pattern that is divided into equal sections. The back of this photograph is marked "37 is Flowers of May". Coverlet pattern names were never standardized, thus a variation in pattern name is common from state to state and region to region. Frances Goodrich, founder of Allanstand Cottage Industries, collected this photograph. Goodrich's work reviving traditional weaving in the mountains of western North Carolina during the late 1890s and early 1900s led her to collect weaving patterns much in the same way that others of that era were collecting mountain songs. Goodrich kept extensive records of the weave patterns and variations that she came across in her travels. Her research may have provided background for or influenced what was woven and sold through her Allanstand Cottage Industries.