Fitched Log Basket (W26)

Catalogue Record

Collection

Maker

David Drew

Title

Fitched Log Basket

Made in

Somerset

Date

1979

Description

Basket with a round base and rim, with a long body in unstripped willow, and two twisted cane handles.

Materials and techniques

White Somerset willow (variety: new kind and black spaniard) and Kubu cane handles. Round bottom paired, upset cane with a four-rod wale, once round. Three-rod wale bi-stakes and fitched sides, reverse fitch on top. Four-rod wale under border. Six-rod border.

Dimensions

height:  54.7cm
diameter:  45cm

Object number

W26

Category