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Splint-Woven Lidded Basket

Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Splint-Woven Lidded Basket
New England, Eastern Algonkian, ca. 1820-1840
Ash splints, stamped with dyes
Excellent condition, very minor losses, wonderful oxidized surface.
Provenance: Private collection, Connecticut.
This fabulous splint-woven basket with original lid is potato-stamp decorated with an interesting design pattern. These baskets were made mostly by indigenous people in New England.
Literature: “A Woodsplint Basket”, Harvard Magazine, March/April 2002.

Dimensions: 11” h., 13 ½” dia.

Item ID: DA-NA/ACC 126

Price: $2203

More Information

Period:	19th Century
Creation Date:	1820-1840
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Incollect Reference #:	872240

Dimensions

H.	11 in;	Diam.	13.5 in;
H.	27.94 cm;	Diam.	34.29 cm;

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Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.

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