Nantucket baskets are a distinctive type of American handicraft. Sailors from the whaling ships discovered rattan, a long vine used to weave the baskets, while visiting the Pacific islands. They substituted cane for ribs and weavers used by Algonquin Indians and added a wooden bottom. The earliest of these baskets were probably made in the 1820's. These baskets were known as "rattan baskets".
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Nantucket Cradle

Nantucket Cradle

Rock Baby to sleep in this cradle of oak ribs, cane weavers and walnut base and rockers. Ivory topped knobs accent the handles.

 

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