Woven hanging with floral centerpiece

Woven hanging with floral centerpiece

Dyes and dyeing

Hand weaving

Handicraft

Textile fabrics

This wall hanging was designed, dyed, and woven by Helen Wilmer Stone Viner (ca. 1891-1978) of Saluda, North Carolina around 1935-1940 and features a woven background with an inlaid floral motif. The yarns used were dyed with natural vegetable dyes. Helen Wilmer Stone was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and came to North Carolina by way of Pine Mountain Settlement School in Kentucky where she learned how to dye with natural vegetable dyes from Katherine Pettit. Stone moved to Saluda, married, and opened The Weave Shop in 1923 as retail store and production center, employing several local women to dye and weave. The shop produced, wall hangings, table linens, and blankets.

Viner, Helen Wilmer Stone, ca. 1891-1978

Permanent Collection

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

1935/1940

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crafts (art genres)

StillImage

14565

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2008-02-05

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Polk County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

33" x 32"(dimension)

Craft Revival