The cotton liner lifts out, which is what lets a woven basket carry laundry: damp towels sit against cotton instead of the weave. Handwoven cattail and paper fibers run over a wire frame, 16.5 inches wide and 15.5 inches tall, with a black geometric band stepping around the body.
Each handle is a wire core with fiber wrapped over it, so the load hangs off metal while the hand holds something softer than bare steel. That matters with 15.5 inches of depth filled with wet towels. The handles tie into the same wire frame that runs through the body, which spreads the weight into the weave instead of one spot.
The sides narrow toward the base, so the basket reads lighter in a bedroom corner than a straight sided hamper of the same 16.5 inch width. A geometric black pattern breaks up the brown weave and hides the scuffing a basket picks up at floor level. Set in a living room it passes as storage for throws.
Cattail and paper fibers are handwoven, and on their own they would slump once the basket filled. The wire frame inside is what keeps the mouth round and open at 16.5 inches so laundry drops in without aiming. Nothing about the shape depends on the contents, which is why an empty basket still stands up straight.
Single large canvas tote, 22 inches wide, with a vinyl-coated interior and long reinforced handles that clear a shoulder.
Folding bamboo drying rack with 11 dowels and a flat shelf for sweaters, opening to 29.25 inches wide.
