Gullah Sweetgrass basket #7944

 

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ITEM # SIZE in inches DESCRIPTION, APPROX. AGE PRICE US$
#7944 6"x2.5" Gullah Seagrass basket, South Carolina Lowcountry, ca.1920's, bundle coiled sweetgrass basket sewn with spaced palmetto stitching, classic African-American folk art, one of the most popular designs featured in catalogs of the 1920's, very good condition $95.00

This basket is the feature style in the Seagrassco catalog ca. 1920. The wholesale price listed for this size is $5.50. A lot of money then.

Image thanks to "Row upon Row, Sea Grass Baskets of the South Carolina Lowcountry" by Dale Rosengarten; p. 35.