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Oral history interview with Brasstown Carvers Glenn Brown (1916-1994) and Hope Caler Brown (1915-2015). They share their family backgrounds, their individual specialties and creation of patterns, information about other carvers, and experiences at…

This letter was written by woodcarver Hope Caler Brown to Murrial Martin, known as Murray Martin, who was the carving instructor of the John C. Campbell Folk School from 1935 to 1973. Martin also managed the school's woodcarving cooperative which…

This carved cat and kitten is a unique piece carved by Hope Caler Brown, the exact date of the piece is unknown. Hope Brown and her husband Glenn carved with John C. Campbell Folk School instructor Murrial Martin in the 1940s. In 1942 Hope Brown…

This family of pigs was made by Louis Brown probably in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Brown was part of the family who ran Brown's Pottery in Arden, North Carolina. As a child, Brown made pig families from scrap clay at the pottery. When Mrs.…

The pattern name of this blue and white fragment is known as Lover’s Knot. The source of the name Lover’s Knot is unknown. Originally part of a full-size bedcover, this coverlet fragment was made between 1840 and 1890 by Pheniah Rogers Brown…

This pottery vase was created at the Brown's Pottery south of Asheville, North Carolina in the 1940s. It is made from natural red clay with dark glazing of the interior and lip.

The Brown family had operated a pottery in Georgia before moving to North Carolina and opening Brown's Pottery in Arden in 1924. Brothers–Davis Pennington Brown (1895-1967) and Evan Javan Brown (1897-1980)–initially produced utilitarian ware, but…

This wool quilt top in the pattern known as "Brick" was made in the early twentieth century by Bettie Hughes Buchanan of Mitchell County, North Carolina. The quilt top is pieced by machine using men's suiting fabric samples. The quilt is embroidered…

Elliot F. Buckner created various animal figures which he sold at shops and fairs beginning in the 1930s. He had 12 children.

This undated flower basket was made by Cherokee basket weaver Evelyn Calhoun. Open baskets such as this one were used decoratively, to display flowers or hold fruit. The shallow basket body is dyed with walnut and yellowroot, to produce radiating…