Object number
67/40
Exhibition
Description
This is a bundle of 45–50 strips of buff salix parpurea willow, also known as ‘dicks’, ‘dicky meadows’ and ‘Britanny Greens’, grown in Somerset. It is a species much prized by basketmakers. Buff willow is willow that has been boiled in water for eight hours and been stripped of its bark.
Physical description
Willow
Archival history
This is a part of a small collection of basketmaking tools (67/32-67/40) used by the donor (William Brown), his father (James 'Joe' Brown, who worked for G. W. Scott and Sons, a basketmaking firm in London) and grandfather. Mr William Brown gives his address as the London Association for the Blind, which had a factory in Peckham and which employed blind men in the manufacture of baskets, knitting needles and injection moulded plastics., MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: Sample (WILLOWS) // Acc. No.: 67/40 // Group: CRAFTS. WOOD. BASKETS // Neg. no.: 60/9392 // Place of origin: Somerset. // Period in use: 1967 // DESCRIPTION // Materials: salix purpurea. Osiers or basket willows. Salix purpurea, believed to be Lancashire “Dicky Meadows” in origin pale buff. Approx. 45–50 strips. // Shape and construction: // Dimensions: 3’ 6” // Use: For fine work // Dialect names: Britanny Greens. // Distribution: // Additional notes:'
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_9392.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\Baskets\67_40_cob.tif - High resolution image