Especially Lovely Antique Diamond Shaped Twig Basket with Old String Mend narrative handles hanging down

handles hanging down

as it rattles when you shake it

to the variety of different hand-embroidered stitches used to piece it together

Carved of marble and weighing about 6 1/2 pounds

Set of 12 measures 7 1/8" x 1 7/8" x 5/8" overall

Especially Lovely Antique Diamond Shaped Twig Basket with Old String Mend narrative handles hanging downI don't always jump on an old folk art twig baskets they can be a bit unwieldy, and often a bit worse for the wear but I fell in love this one: just the right scale, and with the handle arching across the diamond shaped basket from corner to corner, lending a dynamism and lyricism to the whole thing. Perhaps best of all, a very old tightly wrapped string twine mend reinforcement to the center of the handle, lending extra tenderness and reading as dark