Textile Art

Available at Overmountain Press

325 W Walnut St
Johnson City, TN 37604

After years of personal interviews in homes, libraries, and basements across southern Appalachia, Wilson compiled a large archive of textiles along with stories of the makers.

Textile Art from Southern Appalachia: features 44 woven bed coverlets and 2 quilts from the original collection. 

As a collection, the textiles trace the important role weaving played in Appalachian culture as part of a rich decorative arts tradition that developed and flourished during the 19th and into the 20th century.

Family history anecdotes accompany each coverlet transfiguring life’s small incidents into a compelling narrative, providing an intimate and more comprehensive look at an art form practiced in a little known and often misinterpreted part of the country.

Textiles in the book were part of an international exhibition by the same name, curated by Wilson, 2001-2003.