SOLD Very Unusual Antique Sailor Made Macrame Basket (Ikebana-esque Form) Japanese lacquer giving the whole thing a

giving the whole thing a sort of miraculous precariousness

which I have found a couple of copies of listed elsewhere in the $200-$400 range)

I found it along with her wedding certificate from 1851

and the mix of diamonds and triangles allowing for all sorts of possibilities

beginning with ''Coming in last in the human race''

SOLD Very Unusual Antique Sailor Made Macrame Basket (Ikebana-esque Form) Japanese lacquer giving the whole thing aI'm a big fan of old sailor made baskets in part because I really love the idea of men at sea sitting around doing macrame in their spare time, making gifts to bring home to their sweethearts. (Akin to spruce gum boxes, scrimshaw, etc.) But this one is unlike any other I've seen, very very close in form to a Japanese ikebana basket, just made of rope rather than bamboo, making me think the sailor who made it had sailed to the far east and was