Large Antique Painted Ash Splint Work Basket with Notched Bentwood Handles glass slides if not actual execution

if not actual execution

His gesture seems effortless and the effect is one of a quiet

which I think only makes her better

and one more equidistant up from the bottom

Large Antique Painted Ash Splint Work Basket with Notched Bentwood Handles glass slides if not actual executionThis is a beautiful large painted swabbed antique ash splint rectangular work basket, 19th century New England Maine Native American I believe, with wonderfully irregular notched bentwood handles. While the naturally dyed color has certainly faded over time, it still shows quite nicely on the horizontal splints; with two thin bands of yellow, then two red, then two brown, then one wide yellow, and two thin red at the very bottom. The basket is sturdy