Basket

Name/Title

Basket

Entry/Object ID

2013.57.1

Description

School "dinner" basket used by Mary Dowell, bent twigs with plaited straw tape weavers, domed hinged lid, movable bent-twig double handles, front closure, orange raffia trim on exterior/interior lid and edges, commercially made probably not in East Tennessee, 7 1/2"h x 6 1/2"w x 3 3/4"d, c. 1902. Note: similar example shown in John Rice Irwin's basket book, p83.

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Unknown (commercially made)

Notes

Date: 1902 c.

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

6-1/2 in

Depth

3-3/4 in