Basket

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Basket

Entry/Object ID

PM.2010.2

Description

Round fruit basket; open constuction of thin bent rods; half of the rods squared at bottom, creating flat stable bottom; rod ends set into round bent top rim; top rim formed with overlapping ends, nailed into place

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1800 - 1850

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

9-3/8 in

Diameter

25 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 9 3/8 x 25 in. (23.8 cm)

Material

Wood (unidentifited), Iron

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Ends of two rods broken, one missing, several major cracks in rods at bottom of basket; overall dry with wood shrinkage

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

This object was found in the PM attic during the December 2009 inventory. Object was labeled with a tag: "Basket/No Number". Object does not appear to match any description of missing objects. Object was assigned an accession number and added to TMS. The accession method and provenance of the object are unknown. [Jessa J. Krick, 1/14/2010]

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Philipsburg Manor, Attic, Shelf 02D

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial