This medium wicker laundry basket is handwoven from rattan reed by an Old Order Amish family on the Iowa-Missouri border. The weaver signs the bottom of each basket. It has a solid hardwood bottom about a half inch thick and a hardwood rim.
Two hand-cut leather handles are riveted through the weave and the rim. The solid bottom lets the basket carry a full load without sagging. The sides flare out slightly from the base. The trim color is woven in as dyed reed, not painted on.
It holds a small load of wash, a stack of bath towels, hand-washing or groceries. It fits on a closet shelf, under a vanity or on a car's back seat. The basket comes open and unlined. A lift-off solid wood lid, a hand-sewn cotton liner, protective feet and an engraved solid brass plate are optional extras sold separately.
- Dimensions
- 18 in x 14 in at the rim, 9 1/2 in deep
- Measured at
- Outside of the rim
- Material
- Rattan reed weave, solid hardwood bottom and hardwood rim
- Bottom
- Solid hardwood, about 1/2 in thick
- Handles
- 2 hand-cut leather loops, riveted through the weave and rim
- Color
- Trim color is woven in with dyed reed
- Construction
- Handwoven in the USA, signed by the weaver
- Lid
- Optional lift-off solid wood lid, sold separately
- Liner
- Optional hand-sewn cotton liner, sold separately
- Other options
- Protective feet and engraved solid brass plate, sold separately
- Included
- Basket only, open and unlined; contents not included