CarpetBiz.com
Title
A carpet directory and guide
Description
history of tufting
In 1895, Catherine Evans was inspired by a family heirloom and made her first hand-tufted bedspread. Five years later she sold a similar spread for $2.50.
Miss Evans moved to Dalton from a rural community in Whitfield County. Popularity of the bedspread grew, and when she began receiving orders for her work, Miss Evans asked some of her neighbors to help her.
From this beginning, Evans Manufacturing Company was established in 1917, and was operated by the founder until 1963 when the business was sold.
