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Basket

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1900-1940

GUSN

GUSN-2673

Description

A shallow, circular basket woven in cross-hatched pattern (lower part) and openwork diamonds (upper part). It has a double woven bottom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

baskets (containers)
staining
willow (wood)
weaving
willow (wood)
Willow
Woven
Stained
BASKET

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4.5 (H), 11 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.898

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