Incredibly Constructed Victorian Leather and Woven Wicker Sewing Basket with Brass Hardware color chime xylophone A super curious--and resourcefully 'make

A super curious--and resourcefully 'make do'--little thing

so lovely that I just couldn't pass them by

6 1/4" t x 2" wide x 1 3/8" d

just the color of my favorite native grasses in the fall

The piece of clear tape on reverse is not a patch

Incredibly Constructed Victorian Leather and Woven Wicker Sewing Basket with Brass Hardware color chime xylophone A super curious--and resourcefully 'makeI think the construction on this antique sewing basket c. 1887, based on one other example I've found out there with a registration sticker still attached is just amazing, making it feel like the Gucci of baskets! With leather wrapped bentwood around the two sides where they meet the center section, brass hardware and handle for carrying, fat strips of raffia straw braided and woven through a wicker structure, and a flat wooden bottom. The overall