Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding tree design The backs read: "Importe D'Autriche"

The backs read: "Importe D'Autriche" (imported from Austria) "VB Lyon" and "Dessin-Depose en France" (designed in France)

These sorts of nut carvings

Ernst Lorenzen was a forester/naturalist from Denmark and Alma an Acadian from Cocagne

With a smartly organized composition

In good vintage condition

Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding tree design The backs read: "Importe D'Autriche"I am completely enchanted by this basket! Woven of sweetgrass and dyed ash splint, I am pretty certain it is Penobscot (Maine Native), likely c. 1920's 40's, and is definitely one of the finest I have seen. The lid features a striking interplay of thin splint strips and braided sweetgrass woven over thicker orange splints, but it is the sides that really make this basket, with these fantastic thick curling grass braids secured with splint loops