Flared Garden Basket

It is easy to imagine someone, long ago, gathering a harvest from their garden or strolling to the market with this beautiful basket tucked under their arm. Hand-woven of young willow branches and twine, the basket has deep, oblong body with a flared rim secured with willow strip banding. Bundles of split bamboo strips further decorate the rim, sweeping around the rim with fluid movement and reinforced with leather binding. A large, bentwood handle arches high over the basket, burnished smooth to the touch from years of use.