68/512

Hamper brought to the Waterhouse family by a nurse in the 1920s, where it was used as hand luggage or for picnics.
This hamper was brought to the Waterhouse family (Alfred Waterhouse designed the building in which the Museum is housed) by a nurse in the 1920s, where it was used as hand luggage or for picnics. It is a rectangular hamper with a slightly domed trunk cover. It is made from palm leaves sewn over split cane, and uses a form of coiling. It is almost certainly European in origin, and probably German.

1 basket [hamper]: palm; cane

Visiting researcher note, Tim Johnson (basketmaker), 20 June 2014 – The basket is made using a form of a coiling. It is more likely to be German in origin than Spanish., MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: BASKET (HAMPER) // Acc. No.: 68/512 // Group: PERSONAL USE. // Neg. no.: 60/9181 // Place of origin: Given Waterhouse. Yattendon. Prob. [Probably] Europe. Not English. // Period in use: c. 1920 // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Palm over cane. // Shape and construction: Rectangular. Trunk cover. Rod & nooses fastening. 2 handles lapped on front. Hinged with cane. Sides straight. The palm leaves are sewn over split cane.* cover slightly domed. // Dimensions: WT. [width of top] 11” L.T. [length of top] 18” D. [depth] basket 5 1/2” D. [depth] & lid. 9” // Use: Either as hand luggage or picnics. // Dialect names: // Distribution: // Additional notes: *for method see Duchesne. [Duchesne, R., Ferrand, H. & Thomas, J., ‘La Vannerie’. New Edition. Paris, J-B Bailliere et Fils, 1963] Vol. I. p.352–3.'

Basket, picnic, Basket, luggage

Plant fibre, rattan, Plant fibre

Wright, Dorothy (Recorder)