Child's Miniature Workbasket
c.1850-1860 (made)
Child's miniature workbasket, (probably home-made) consisting of a
small circular willow openwork basket, fitted with a bag of striped
fawn and brown silk, with a double drawstring of brown cord threaded
through brass rings.
small circular willow openwork basket, fitted with a bag of striped
fawn and brown silk, with a double drawstring of brown cord threaded
through brass rings.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Basketwork with silk top |
| Brief description | Child's miniature workbasket; British, c.1850-60 |
| Physical description | Child's miniature workbasket, (probably home-made) consisting of a small circular willow openwork basket, fitted with a bag of striped fawn and brown silk, with a double drawstring of brown cord threaded through brass rings. |
| Dimensions | Height: 13.7 cm Width 2: 10.4 cm |
| Credit line | Given by Eileen A. Brock |
| Object history | References: Used by the donor's maternal grandmother, Eleanor Bigge (b. 1844) |
| Production | England |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.553-1993 |
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| Record created | April 19, 2000 |
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