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Title	Woodcarving: picture frame
Creator	Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers
Medium of Original	crafts (art genres)
Date of Orginal	1910/1929
Dimensions	1.25" x 5.75" diameter
Description	This hand carved picture frame was produced by the Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers in the late 1910s or 1920s. Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale began their craft teaching in Asheville, North Carolina working for Mr. and Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt but moved to Tryon, N.C. before World War I. They started making wooden toys and decorative items as the Tryon Toy Makers and Wood Carvers. The women apprenticed young people to carve and paint toys and other objects. Eleanor Vance was an accomplished woodcarver and designed many pieces in the Arts and Crafts style. The particular frame features a Florentine design with a hinged support in the back.
Subject - Topic	Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Craft	Wood-carving -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Subject - Group	Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers
Craft Category	woodwork
Time Period	1910s 1920s
Location	Polk County (N.C.)
Source Institution	Southern Highland Craft Guild
Collection	Permanent Collection
Inventory Number	SHCG_PermCol_2000_168
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Woodcarving: picture frame