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Weaving Cabin, interior with looms

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  • This interior view of the Weaving Cabin shows three looms, a settee with quilted pillows and a large clock on a shelf. The photograph was taken by Bayard Wootten circa 1926-32. The Weaving Cabin, erected during a community log-raising in May 1926, served as the central gathering place for the community weavers organized by Lucy Morgan in 1923 as the Fireside Industries, a department of the Appalachian School. Their name was changed to the Penland Weavers and Potters in 1928. From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School served as the umbrella institution under which the Penland Weavers and Potters were organized and Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) was established.