Small White Wicker Storage Basket

Beautiful and sturdy, this storage basket is tightly woven in white wicker with brown wicker accent lines. Its woven base sits slightly off the floor on hardwood feet. Useful for magazines and books, logs and kindling, or in your pantry for storage.

This is an authentic, traditional French basket, made entirely by hand in France using only the highest quality willow.

The quality of the willow truly sets this basket apart. To achieve its beautiful vanilla color, freshly harvested willow bunches are submerged in water at the beginning of winter and removed in the spring.  The bark is then peeled off and the willow is dried in the sun for a few days and stored in darkness for six months.  It is this long, entirely natural process, which allows true French willow to achieve its beautiful color and famous quality.  Inferior quality baskets are made in factories using willow peeled while hot and bleached with chemicals, which damages the willow and makes it matte.  A varnish is then applied to give it the luster that comes naturally to our basket.

With proper care, your willow basket will have a very long life and, over time, take on a lovely, golden patina.

15" x 12" x 10.5"

Dust and clean if necessary with soapy water and a soft brush, then rinse with clear water and air dry immediately.  Do not soak.  

Handmade from white and brown willow in France