- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Oval shopping basket of white willow with skeined sides. Made on a 5-piece wooden mould. The basket has a corded handle and rim. [CW [OPS move] 16/11/2016]
- Long description
- Oval shopping basket designed at L’Ecole Nationale de Vannerie et de l’Osiericulture at Fayl-Billot (see Wright 1983:58). White willow. Made on a 5-piece wooden mould. Corded handle and border. Round rods used for base, skeined sides. French randed.
- Cultural groups
- French
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1997
- Date collected
- By 1997
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1997
- Materials and processes
- Material Willow Wood Plant, Process Woven, Process Moulded, Process Basketry
- Dimensions
- Width: max 290 mm, Height: max 470 mm, Length: max 380 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1997.11.78
- Research and responses
This type of basket is found mostly in La Vendée in the west of France, where it probably originated (Wright 1983:59).
1997.11.78
Oval shopping basket of white willow with skeined sides. Made on a 5-piece wooden mould. The basket has a corded handle and rim. [CW [OPS move] 16/11/2016]
1997.11.78
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