Manual Inspirational Collection 26 X 36-Inch Wall Hanging and Finial Rod, Our Lady of Guadalupe

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. Even though Thomas Lemuel Oates started Manual Woodworkers and Weavers in 1932, the story goes back further. The roots of the company may also 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 started to make wooden whistles, buckets and bird-houses. They would sell their wares along side her crafts to the people from Charlotte that came through in their horse-drawn buggies which will the mountains. Later, Thomas worked at the Ashville Postcard Company. When the Depression hit, he lost his job, but it inspired him to enter business and sell crafts, like cornhusk dolls and woven pieces, that were produced by the local women. He had learned about the wholesale business even as working at Ashville. He built a waterwheel to generate electricity at a mill, started making product and opened shop. Over time, 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 number 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.

Cotton
Made in US
Woven wall art with included hanging rod
Hanging measures 26 x 36-Inches
Classical rendering of praying Virgin Mother of Guadalupe
Made in america
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