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  • Collection: Craft Revival

This undated black and white promotional photograph shows examples of place mats and a table runner woven out of cotton warp and sedge weft. These articles were woven and sold by the Penland Weavers and Potters sometime during 1940-1967.

This undated black and white promotional photograph shows a linen place mat and napkin woven and sold by the Penland Weavers and Potters during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "All Linen place mats & napkins, White: 2.50 each mat and…

This undated black and white promotional photograph shows examples of napkin clips and a bookmark produced and sold by the Penland Weavers and Potters sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten below the photograph is a caption that reads "1.…

This undated black and white promotional photograph shows three examples of drawstring aprons woven and sold by the Penland Weavers and Potters sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "Aprons, 3.50 each"

This undated black and white promotional photograph shows a cotton place mat and napkin woven and sold by the Penland Weavers and Potters sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "Honeysuckle mats 1.50 ea.; matching napkins…

This undated black and white promotional photograph shows a cotton place mat woven and sold by the Penland Weavers and Potters, sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "Heavy cotton place mats, a) bright colors, b) grey and…

This undated black and white promotional photograph shows a place mat and napkin woven and sold by the Penland Weavers and Potters, sometime during the period 1940-1967. Handwritten on the back: "Place Mats #1 in price list"

This 1984 newsletter of the John C. Campbell Folk School features a story on the life of Jack Hall, a "legend at the Folk School." Carving at the young age of 11, Hall was one of the original carvers who produced and sold carvings by the school's…

This memorial to Olive Dame Campbell was featured in a 1954 issue of Mountain Life & Work, a quarterly periodical produced by the Council of Southern Mountain Workers (formerly the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers), an organization founded by…

This double chair buggy seat has woven cane seats. The seat has 6 slats, 3 on each side; three 20.5" uprights, flat front surface and cone turnings. The chair's two turned arm rests are cylindrical with fat centers and thin outers. This rare double…
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