Handweaving in the South Today
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A short overview essay on the revival of handweaving in the American South around 1950. It traces the move from household weaving to mill production, beginning with the first southern cotton mill in 1813, and then to a modern craft movement. It mentions schools and producers such as Penland, Black Mountain College, the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild, Biltmore Industries and Churchill's of Kentucky. Photographs show a broom sedge lamp shade, drapery fabric and place mats woven from broom sedge and wood strips.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- April 1950
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
- Archive notes
- Published without copyright notice
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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