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Circa: 1900
Condition: Excellent Condition
Size: Height-14 1/2" 11" X 11"

This is a very rare antique Victorian wicker basket with applied decorative gesso flowers with fancy gesso ribbons and tassles. The basket is large, heavy and very substantial. It is shapely with excellent reed inner support system with a wood bottom. The top and bottom edges are cane wrapped. The weaving is done in a decorative 2 strand pattern. The tassles are on all 4 corners and at the top they each have a decorative gesso rosette and there is detailed gesso cording under the top edge, connecting the rosettes and tassles. The decorative gesso roses and leaves are applied in a circular shape on all 4 sides adorned by large gesso ribbons.
There is extremely minor loss of gesso here and there. There is a painted over label on the bottom. This is an extremely rare and exceptional Victorian wicker basket. Circa 1900.
***Quoted from EBay’s Reviews & Guides: "Antique Barbola Gesso Baskets are not only a beautiful addition to your home, they are quite scarce and therefore highly sought after by collectors!" and "…antique pieces almost always have surface cracks, as well as some missing bits here and there. This is perfectly acceptable and does not affect value much, as long as not too much of the ornamentation is missing.