# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Tufted Textiles Take the Floor: The Rise of the Carpet Industry in Northwest Georgia
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Presented by Randy Patton, “Tufted Textiles Take the Floor” will examine the early history of carpet manufacturing in the Dalton area, focusing on the development of tufting machine technology, the changes in the national marketplace that facilitated the rise of tufted carpeting. 

Randy Patton was born in Dalton, Georgia, and attended Dalton State College before receiving his BA from University of Tennessee-Chattanooga and his MA (1985) and PhD (1990) in History from the University Of Georgia. He is the author of Carpet Capital: The Rise of a New South Industry (1999); Shaw Industries: A History (2003); Working for Equality : The Narrative of Harry Hudson (2015); Lockheed, Atlanta, and the Struggle for Racial Integration (2019); and numerous scholarly articles. He currently holds the Shaw Industries Distinguished Chair in History at Kennesaw State University, where he has taught since 1993.

This event is free and open to the public.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/dalton/tufted-textiles-take-the-floor-the-rise-of-the-carpet-industry-in-northwest-georgia/200029652348539
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 35

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Dalton
- **state**: GA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Dalton State: Roberts Library
- **lat**: 34.775027137098
- **long**: -85.002690949714
- **full address**: Dalton State: Roberts Library, 650 College Dr, Dalton, GA 30720-3778, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Tufted Textiles Take the Floor: The Rise of the Carpet Industry in Northwest Georgia being held?
  - **A:** Tufted Textiles Take the Floor: The Rise of the Carpet Industry in Northwest Georgia takes place on Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm at Dalton State: Roberts Library, 650 College Dr, Dalton, GA 30720-3778, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Tufted Textiles Take the Floor: The Rise of the Carpet Industry in Northwest Georgia?
  - **A:** Tufted Textiles Take the Floor: The Rise of the Carpet Industry in Northwest Georgia is organized by Bandy Heritage Center For Northwest Georgia.

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