Vintage 1960s Flora's Hand Hooked Pot Holder Hot Pad - Made in Cheticamp, Nova Scotia - Bird Design woodlands First invented in 1851

First invented in 1851

this vintage card table sized table cloth and matching table runner most likely dates to the late 1960's/early 1970's based on the color palette

so we can only guess at its provenance

Dobosh Torte

Vintage 1960s Flora's Hand Hooked Pot Holder Hot Pad - Made in Cheticamp, Nova Scotia - Bird Design woodlands First invented in 1851A Canadian tradition since the 1920's {HISTORY} The story of Flora's Hand Hooked rugs begins in the 1920s with an American woman named Lilian who traveled to the picturesque province of Nova Scotia to teach the art of rug hooking and wool dying. What started as simple instruction in a unique handicraft soon bloomed into a regional art that made the ladies of Cheticamp, Nova Scotia prized artisans. One of those artists was Flora Boudreau who began