From design to materials, our baskets are 100% American heritage baskets. Bases and lids are handturned from PA hardwoods and custom fitted for each handcrafted basket. Basket is woven using rattan, cane, PA hardwoods, and Chipwood, making an elegant basket for personal use or as part of a decorative showcase of handcrafted PA baskets.
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Nantucket Lightship Style Baskets
Nantucket Lightship baskets are truly an American heritage basket. In the early 1800's, sailors tending the lightships around Nantucket Island, spent 6 months on board an anchored ship. During these times, they would weave the baskets using shipyard materials.
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American Heritage Baskets
Basket designs are drawn from research on Native American, Colonial, and Contemporary basket making.
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Wicker, Coil, and Rib Style Baskets
The use of round reed and twisted grasses to create ingenious and innovative basket designs demonstrate early basket makers ingenuity and creativity
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