Splint basket weavers of Blue Ridge Weavers, Tryon, N.C.

Splint basket weavers of Blue Ridge Weavers, Tryon, N.C.

Appalachians (People)

Artisans

Basket making

Blue Ridge Weavers (Tryon, N.C.)

Handicraft

Pottery

Spinning -- Appalachian Region, Southern

This photographic postcard shows two women (left) making splint baskets and a third feeding fiber on to her spinning wheel. There are numerous baskets about the porch and ceramic items on the shelf in the background. This postcard was produced by the Blue Ridge Weavers most likely for tourists visiting the region in the 1920s. Blue Ridge Weavers was founded between 1914 and 1922 in Tryon, North Carolina as both a craft production center and a retail shop for mountain arts and crafts.

Blue Ridge Weavers (Tryon, N.C.)

Herbert E. Glasier & Co.

SHCG Archives

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1920/1929

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postcards

eng

StillImage

13347

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2006-12-22

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Polk County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

Appalachian Region, Southern

3.5" x 5.5"(dimension)

Craft Revival