

Manual Woodworkers and Weavers brings you a fresh way to display your favorite images and showcase inspiring message with their collection of hanging wall art with included finial hanging rod. Although Thomas Lemuel Oates started Manual Woodworkers and Weavers in 1932, the story goes back further. The roots of the company can be found in Oates' entrepreneurial spirit. He and his brother used to farm the mountain areas of Bat Cave in western North Carolina. They would also help their mother find materials for her crafts. The sons began to make wooden whistles, buckets and bird-houses. They would sell their wares along with her crafts to the people from Charlotte that came through in their horse-drawn buggies on the way to the mountains. Later, Thomas worked at the Ashville Postcard Company. When the Depression hit, he lost his job, but it inspired him to go into business and sell crafts, like cornhusk dolls and woven pieces, that were produced by the local women. He had learned about the wholesale business while working at Ashville. He built a waterwheel to generate electricity at a mill, began making product and opened shop. Over the years, he expanded the company. His son, Lemuel Oates, who would next manage the company, says he worked in the business from a young age. He explains the products were made from cotton scraps left over from making socks. Half-inch circles would be looped together to form a variety of products. Lemuel Oates went to college and then settled in Richmond. In December 1973, he returned to Bat Cave and took over the company. In 2007 his son Travis and his daughter, Molly Oates Sherrill, took over the business.
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beautiful but rod is green
I bought for my Church to go with several others we already had. It is gorgeous. The reason for the 4 stars is because the picture shows a wooden rod, which is what all the others at the church were. The rod is green that comes with this one print. I returned my first one and reordered thinking it was a mess up and requested they send the wooden one as in the picture but got the green one again... I bought some spray paint that was close to the wooden color and you really can't tell the difference. Just expect to get a green rod if you order this.
K**K
I love Thomas Kinkade
Very beautiful. Great quality. Looks very nice in my Dining Room. It is not dull looking. The color is great for being a tapestry.
K**Z
Not well made
The tapestry was OK. The hanging rod is not straight and paint is missing on one side of finial. Not overly impressed.
K**N
Five Stars
love it. its very big, just as seen.
I**T
Beautifu
This is well made and very pretty. Perfect for the spot I needed it for. Fast shipping
T**Y
nice tapestry
Really pretty but needs a better rod than the one they include.
T**T
Five Stars
Beautiful picture and great quality. The back of the hanging is a solid green material that matches the green loops it hangs by.
K**R
But I'm sure it will be loved its
Gift. Haven't given yet. But I'm sure it will be loved its beautiful
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