In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he used to hand craft his...
In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he used to hand craft his...
This article on how to reseat chairs was written by Harriet Cushman Wilkie and published in the March 1917 issue of "The Modern Priscilla." The article details how to weave chair seats using natural materials such as cattail leaves, cornhusks,...
In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her this letter along with a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he...
In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he used to hand craft his...
In this 1927 photograph, handmade chairs are set up in the Community Room of the John C. Campbell Folk School awaiting the Dedication Day ceremony. Jason Reed, a chair maker from Blairsville, Georgia, was commissioned by the school to produce...
In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he used to hand craft his...
In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he used to hand craft his...
This is a transcript of an interview of chairmaker Shadrach Birdic "Birdie" Mace, 1892-1973, conducted by Edward Dupuy and Clifford Hotchkiss in 1964. Mace lived in Madison County, North Carolina and came from a family of chairmakers. Mace and...
Maple Springs Wood Working Shop was founded in 1935 by Paul Warren. At the time of the questionnaire in 1944, they were not making furniture, because of the lack of workers due to the war. The shop had produced "Baskets - chairs - screens [and]...
In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he used to hand craft his...
In response to a request in 1954 from Louise Pitman, director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, traditional woodworker Shadrach Mace sent her a series of snapshots with captions on the back describing the processes he used to hand craft his...
This photograph depicts regional crafts exhibited at the meeting of the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers held in Knoxville, Tenn., in 1931. The Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild (later the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild) met in...
This five-back rocking chair was made by Shadrach Birdic "Birdie" Mace, 1892-1973, of Madison County, North Carolina. This ladder-back rocker is maple with a rush seat and was made to order. Light lines are marked on the up-rights to show where...
Shadrach Birdic "Birdie" Mace, 1892-1973, continued a family tradition of handmade chairs. He used this well-worn maul when splitting wood and putting his chairs together. Mace was a member of the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild for many years.
This photograph, taken by Doris Ulmann in 1933 or 1934, depicts chair maker Jason Reed using a draw knife to shape a piece of wood. Reed, a native of Blairsville, Georgia, was a chair maker who was commissioned to produce chairs for the 1927...
The Craftsman's fairs of the Southern Highlands presented an opportunity for the region's craftsmen to visit with each other. In this photograph Walter B. Stephen (left), owner of Pisgah Forest Pottery, takes time to talk with chair maker Shadrach...
This tri-fold brochure was used to promote the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild's Allanstand Cottage Industries shop in Asheville, North Carolina. Contents include "The Story of the Allanstand Cottage Industries by Frances L. Goodrich," a brief...
This photograph shows an arrangement of items offered for sale by Allanstand Cottage Industries probably during the 1920s. Depicted are cornhusk dolls made by Margaret Revis, along with rustic brooms, a ladder back chair, two child-size chairs,...
Helen Hickman wove for many years and worked with Dorland Bell/Warren Wilson College. A note at the end of her papers reads "We are close to Moore General Hosital for wounded soldiers. I could help there if needed. Could give two or three...
