Raffia Basket

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About this item

In Mary Allen’s Handicrafts in Old Deerfield, published in 1901, she described the display of baskets at the Annual Summer Exhibition in Deerfield, Massachusetts: “Others were of raffia, a kind of long, soft grass, in most beautiful tones whether in its native color or dyed, which lends itself to as beautiful decorative effects as the weaver is capable of inventing … The baskets give scope to that free expression of individuality which gives all Deerfield products their charm and value.”

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Item typeCrafts, Decorative Art
Basketry
CreatorAshley [Attributed to]
Date1900–1915
PlaceDeerfield, Massachusetts
TopicColonial Revival, Arts and Crafts Movement
EraProgressive Era, World War I, 1900–1928
MaterialPlant Product
Process/FormatWoven
Dimension detailsHeight: 6.62 in Diameter: 12.50 in
Catalog #1999.09.17
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Ashley [Attributed to]. Raffia Basket. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1999-09-17/. Accessed on December 6, 2024.

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