Номер объекта
2011/14
Описание
This is a flat oval basket with a handle for collecting cut flowers from the garden – the lack of sides enables the flowers to lie flat without being damaged. It is made of white and brown willow using the stake-and-strand method. It is believed to date from the 1930s. The donor, a basketmaker and collector of baskets, acquired the flower basket for an exhibition about baskets at The Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock in 2006.
Физическое описание
1 basket: willow
Архивная история
MERL ‘Object Accession Form’ – ‘Short description (free text): Oval basket used for collecting cut flowers from the garden. // … // Short description (free text): Long, shallow, oval basket with handle made from white willow and brown willow . Made by stake and strand method. Lighter colour on underside and to inner rim and centre. Handle appears semi-circular in profile and is affixed by means of looping around the rim. Basket donated with explanatory plaque from when it was displayed in the 'Baskets' exhibition at The Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock. An accompanying label reads, 'flower basket, willow, lent by Delia Twamley, inherited from Grace Baker'. // … // Associated information (free text): This basket was originally acquired by Felicity Wood in preparation for an exhibition that she guest-curated for The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock, which was entitled 'Baskets' and ran during 2006. In seeking information for this exhibition she published articles in the local press, such as the Oxford Times, to encourage interest and to gather relevant material. In response to her article published in the 'Oxford Times', Felicity was contacted on 28 November 2005 by Delia Twamley... The basket had belonged to Ms Twamley's mother's great aunt, Grace Baker, who was born about 1860 and lived in Warnborough Road, Oxford (see separate sheet for further details about Grace Baker). The basket itself most likely dates from the 1930s... // References: ‘The complete book of baskets and basketry' - Wright, Dorothy (David & Charles, 1992).’, Felicity Wood No. 105., Letter, Delia Twamley to Felicity Wood, April 2006 – ‘This basket was inherited from GRACE LUCY BAKER (b. September 11 1863, d. October 22 1942, in Oxford). She was the younger daughter of the Rev. Arthur Baker (who died before she was born) and Harriet (nee Cox). Harriet Baker was known as someone who transcribed books intro Braille and corresponded with R.L. Stevenson and C.M. Yonge. Grace and her mother lived at 5 Warnborough Road, Oxford from 1880 (when the house was built) until 1900. We understood that they lived on two hundred pounds a year and had two maids. Grace Baker moved with her mother to Tunbridge Wells, and in 1913 Grace went on a trip visiting relatives in Ceylon, New Zealand and the Philippines, returning just before the First World War on the Transiberian railway. Grace then moved to Islip, then to 28 Cumnor Hill and finally to Haslemere. // ‘A.G.’ as she was known to her extended family of two generations of the Bliss family had a tremenderous [sic] influence on all who knew her. She was my mother’s godmother. // We always understood that one of the reasons St. Margaret’s Church was given that name was in memory of Grace’s elder sister Margaret who died very young.’
Дата
1930-01-01 - 1939-12-31
Период создания
1930s
Наименование
Материал
Техника
Размерность
- Height 210 mm
- Length 415 mm
- Width 240 mm