Nantucket Basket

Description:

Nantucket Basket, America, c. 1927, tall round basket with contrasting light and dark cane weavers, inscribed on base,"Made by Chadwick Island House 1927. E.V. SEELER," (E.V. Seeler was the owner),ht. 11 1/4, dia. 12 1/2 in.

Provenance: Estate of Katherine Seeler, Nantucket, Massachusetts.

N.B. Katherine Seeler and her husband Edgar wrote and published a book Nantucket Lightship Baskets, published by the Deermouse Press, Nantucket, Massachusetts, originally published in 1972.
Estimate $500-700

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