C. 1930s Whitney Carriage Co. Salesman Sample Wicker Hamper in Seafoam Green Paint lemon reamer Bold and graphic and very

Bold and graphic and very charming

I wonder who decided that the world needed green candles in the shapes of asparagus and broccoli… but aren't we glad that they did

but I'm really taken with it

which I closed up with a bit of archival tape just to keep it from flapping open

21 1/4" 22 1/8" x approx 2 1/2" d

C. 1930s Whitney Carriage Co. Salesman Sample Wicker Hamper in Seafoam Green Paint lemon reamer Bold and graphic and veryRare, smart looking, and useful too, this tabletop scale painted wicker hamper, a salesman sample I am pretty certain, was made by the F. A. Whitney Carriage Company of Leominster, MA founded in 1858 and the first manufacturers of baby carriages in America. The company seems mostly to have stuck to its guns, continuing to make carriages for children and dolls, though also, in the first half of the 20th century, a few varieties of hampers, including