print email comment close Craft Revival: Shaping Western North Carolina Past and Present URL: http://www.wcu.edu/craftrevival/index.htm Description: This site tells "the story of an exciting regional movement [in western North Carolina] that created handicrafts and preserved traditions from the 1890s to 1940s." Features background about the Appalachian region, the genesis of the craft revival, and craft in the area today, and details about the people and their crafts of textile work, basketry, pottery, metalwork, woodwork, and instrument construction. Search or browse over 1500 images. A project of Hunter Library at Western Carolina University. Publisher: Hunter Library, Western Carolina University LII Database Information: Record 28264 created by Maria Brandt on 04/22/2009 Last modification on 10/07/2009 Published: 07/15/2009   LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/28264