Josie Mast; curtain panels; overshot; 1913; North Carolina
date: label: date made
content: 1913
name: label: maker
content: Mast, Josie
notes: label: Description
content: Josie Mast (1861-1936) teacher and weaver from Valle Crucis, North Carolina wove these blue and white, overshot curtain panels in 1913 for Southern Industrial Education Association retail store at the Department of Agriculture in Washington D.C. They were collection in 1913 by the Smithsonian’s first textile curator, Frederick Lewton. Each panel measures 78 inches by 36 inches. The pattern is a “Single Chariot Wheel” design with large upper and lower borders created from a fractional reduction of the pattern. These curtain panels are an excellent example of how Appalachian overshot weaving influenced the Handicraft Revival and Colonial Revival movements of the early twentieth century. Coverlets had moved off the bed and into the living room as home décor.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: North Carolina, Valle Crucis
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Coverlets
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Southern Industrial Educational Association
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T1376A
label: catalog number
content: T01376.00A
label: accession number
content: 056970
label: catalog number
content: T01376A&B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: curtain panels; overshot
label: Object Name
content: curtain panels
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: overshot (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: single chariot wheel (overall pattern)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 78 in x 36 in; 198.12 cm x 91.44 cm