A rectangular woven box with a hinged side with a braided closure device. The top has a rattan wrapped square handle and a bamboo key. The lid is hinged with white cotton thread. The box is lined with a floral pattern nylon fabric.
sewing baskets
bamboo (material)
nylon
rattan
reed (grass, material)
wicker
bamboo (material)
floral patterns
reed (grass, material)
Wicker
Rattan
Bamboo
Nylon
Floral
Reed
BASKET, SEWING
It contains a printed name on cotton tape inside the basket of: Amelia W. Little.
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
China
3.25 x 8.25 x 6.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.718
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