SOUTHERN TOOLED TWO-TONE LEATHER KEY OR SEWING BASKET
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Description
SOUTHERN TOOLED TWO-TONE LEATHER KEY OR SEWING BASKET WITH COVER, elongated oval form with flanged rim having an inner ledge for the cover, original high arching rolled handle, stitched leather bottom, each side with elaborate stitched elongated leaf decoration, additional stitched linear decoration to cover, rim, and foot. Interior with cloth/light canvas lining. Original dry surface. Mid 19th century. 4 3/4" H rim, 6 3/4" x 12 1/4".
Literature: See Wright, "Key Baskets", Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts, May 1982, p. 58, fig. 11 for a key basket with the same type of stitched decoration.
Provenance: Property of a Maryland private collector.
Literature: See Wright, "Key Baskets", Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts, May 1982, p. 58, fig. 11 for a key basket with the same type of stitched decoration.
Provenance: Property of a Maryland private collector.
Condition
Fair as-found condition, basket handle detached, cover lacking handle, losses to leather on rim and some around foot, bottom with staining and a 4 1/2" separation at stitching, interior with losses to lining.
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SOUTHERN TOOLED TWO-TONE LEATHER KEY OR SEWING BASKET
Estimate $200 - $300
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