Presenter: Marjie Thompson

The need to weave fabric for household textiles and/or clothing virtually disappeared by the 1850’s as machine-made textiles became affordable and abundant and handweaving was forgotten. The Centennial of 1876, the Arts and Crafts movement, and the Colonial Revival era caused a revival of weaving, but as a craft, not a skilled occupation. This lecture discusses the movements that influenced the resurgence of weaving and the names and stories associated with early 20th century weaving: William Morris, Mary Meigs Atwater, Laura Allen, Marguerite Porter Davison, Berta Frey, Annie Albers, and Dorothy Liebes, among others.