- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Chenille Bedspreads
- Contributor to Resource:
- Courtesy of Dalton Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Counties--Georgia
Cities and towns--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Whitfield County, Dalton, 34.7698, -84.97022
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Chenille bedspreads hang on a line in Dalton, where in 1895 resident Catherine Evans Whitener revived the craft of hand tufting. The resulting cottage industry for the production of chenille goods is credited as the origin of Dalton's renowned carpet industy.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/dalton/m-11039/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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