Craft Revival

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Craft Revival

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Group photograph of Appalachian Industrial School students taken outside the old Conley home, now known as Farm House and located on the campus of Penland School of Crafts. From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School (as it came to be known) served as…

Postcard of Cherokee women and a front porch with a display of finished pottery. The two women (center and right) are burnishing pottery. The woman on left is weaving with a handloom. Caption reads, "Making Cherokee Pottery."

This is a postcard of a Cherokee woman, identified as Cora Wahnetah, posing with a bead loom and display of pottery. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cora Arch Wahnetah (1907-1986) was also known Cora Wahyahneetah. The description on…

Postcard of Cherokee woman and child making pottery. Description on back states, "Cherokee Indian Making Pottery."

Postcard of Native Folk art including two carved wood horses and a tray. Caption reads, "NATIVE FOLK ART. JOHN C. CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL. BRASSTOWN N.C." along the bottom.

This postcard illustrates craft instruction by Sally Cathey. Caption below image states, "Craft Workers in their Mountain home- Sally Cathey instructing." The man at left appears to be carving, while the seated woman at right finishes a large white…

This 1940s postcard shows three "Basket Makers at work" in Cherokee, North Carolina. The basket weavers are all members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and are working on white oak ribbed baskets. Standing is Rachel Taylor, whose mother was…

This photographic postcard was likely produced for promotional purposes by the John C. Campbell Folk School in the 1930s. The postcard depicts a carved crèche set produced by the school's woodcarving cooperative which started in the early 1930s and…

This pottery vase features a turquoise crackle glaze on the outside with a rose or peach glaze on the inside. It was made by W.B. Stephen of Pisgah Forest Pottery in the 1940s. The vase is stamped on the bottom with a cameo of a potter and "PISGAH…

This pair of matching candlestick holders in a turquoise glaze was made by W.B. Stephen of Pisgah Forest Pottery in 1942. Both are stamped on bottom with cameo of a potter, however the name and date part of the stamp is incomplete. Candlestick (a)…
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