LOT OF 6: HAND-WOVEN BASKETS AND SEWING ACCESSORIES

A collection of six woven baskets with antique sewing accessories. Assorted group of six woven and basketry sewing containers in varying forms and sizes, including a black-painted round lidded basket with broad arched handle; a heart-form lidded sewing basket with dark frame, woven exterior panels, and tufted satin-lined interior fitted with ribbon straps for sewing implements. Lot also includes an assortment of period sewing accessories and notions comprising wooden and paper-labeled spools of thread, decorative metal sewing scissors, thimble, carved and turned needle or sewing cases, small pincushion, spool-form accessory, sewing implements, and original paperboard boxes including J. & P. Coats Sewing and Mending Kit and a box labeled “One Dozen Spools Sewing Silk Pickaninnies Assorted Colors.” Baskets exhibit scattered age-related wear including surface soiling, fading, discoloration, rubbing, losses and breaks to woven fibers, consistent with age and use.

Condition: (Very Good).

Item Dimensions: Largest: 9" x 10" x 5 - 1/2".