Extremely Fine Pine Needle Flat Lidded Basket, Presumed Antique Native American large mid-century Italian planter also with a latch to

also with a latch to hold it shut as desired

There are four small pads on the bottom

and this feels like a very special piece indeed

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Extremely Fine Pine Needle Flat Lidded Basket, Presumed Antique Native American large mid-century Italian planter also with a latch toThis is the finest pine needle basket I've ever seen, and I've looked at a fair number and sold a number of them. It's like an incredibly intricate little nest, light as a feather, just exquisite like the hushed floor of the forest distilled into the perfect object. The needles are a gorgeous shade of deep brown, and the stitching holding them together just beautiful. The lid sits flat across the top of the basket, resting. It bears the remnant of an