AUGUSTA GALLERY
of WEST VIRGINIA FOLKLIFE
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Rela Butcher of Tygart Valley with an old family coverlet. (W190M) |
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This coverlet is in the linger family of Randolph County. (W1190S) |
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Coverlet
made in the Scott family, Elkins, West Virginia. (W1290C)
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Grace
Whetsell, traditional weaver, Elkins, West Virginia.
(W1092F)
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Traditional
rug weaving whereby rags are torn into strips and used for the weft.
(W1092S)
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Dorothy Thompson working at an old loom that was made by her father . |
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Dorothy
Thompson working at an old loom that was made by her father. (W1193G)
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Creations by prolific traditional weaver Dorothy Thompson, a National Heritage Fellow from Canaan Valley. (W1194H) |
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Willetta
Hinkle and sister Sadavoie Godden with Stalnaker family coverlet. Both
of these women are traditional weavers.
(W292HG7G)
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Cathleen
Hinkle,
experienced weaver from Lewisburg, West Virginia at her loom.
(W394A)
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Olive
Goodwin, long-time teacher of weaving in Randolph County, with a
coverlet she wove.
(W592T)
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Traditional
coverlet from Kanawha County, West Virginia.
(W791E)
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Hand
woven rug, Mill Creek, West Virginia. W892G
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Josie
Armentrout of Harman, West Virginia holds hand woven rug. Joscie, as a
young girl, picked the wool off of bramble bushes in the pasture. Her
mother showed her how to card it, spin it, dye it and weave it into this
rug. (W990D)
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Close
up of coverlet with a hickory leaf pattern.
(W990N) |