Find results with:

Add another field

Search by date

to

Searching collections:

Craft Revival

Add or remove collections

Home Craft Revival [Community Weaving Day]

Reference URL

Add tags

Comment

To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document

To embed this object, paste this HTML in website

[Community Weaving Day]

View Description

Download

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

Submit

Cancel

...

Back to top

Powered by CONTENTdm®

Title	[Community Weaving Day]
Creator	Wootten, Bayard Morgan, 1875-1959
Medium of Original	photographs
Date of Orginal	1926/1929
Dimensions	4.25" x 6.26"
Description	This photograph taken by Bayard Wootten in the 1920s shows the community weavers outside of the Weaving Cabin adjacent to the campus of the the Appalachian School near Penland, North Carolina. From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School served as the umbrella institution under which the Penland Weavers and Potters were organized and Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) was established. The Weaving Cabin was built in May 1926 during a community log-raising. The cabin served as the center for the Penland Weavers and Potters, the community craft co-operative established by Lucy Morgan in 1923. Wednesday was "weaving day" when the weavers would bring their woven goods to the cabin. They were paid for their finished products and given yarn and thread to take home to weave into new goods. During weaving day the women would receive instruction in new weave patterns while socializing with friends and neighbors.
Subject - Topic	Artisans -- Appalachian Region, Southern Log cabins -- Appalachian Region, Southern
Time Period	1920s
Location	Mitchell County (N.C.)
Source Institution	Penland School of Crafts
Collection	Bayard Wootten Photograph Collection
Inventory Number	PSC_RG6_CR103
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Penland School of Crafts Archives, Penland, NC 28765
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Find results with:

Searching collections:

Home Craft Revival [Community Weaving Day]

[Community Weaving Day]

Description

Tags

Comments