Catalog of Basket Making Supplies

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Materials for basket making

Basket Making Materials

Basket Making Materials

Old QUANTITY ORDERS for Natural Reed we can allow the following discounts: 5 lbs. of a size 10% 25 lbs. of a size 15% 50 lbs. of a size 20% 100 lbs. of a size 25%

For convenience of customers purchasing less than a pound of Natural or Fibre Reed, we are prepared …

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Reed & Cane prices in 1924.

Also Hong King Natural Grass twine.

Fibre Reed

HAMMET 9S FIBRE REED

After careful tests, we have adopted and put on the market a FIBRE REED

MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES. Hammett’s Fibre Reed is made entirely of hard twisted paper fibre and contains NO WIRE.*

It has quite a little resistance and need …

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Wooden Bases for Reed Baskets.

All Bases are made from three-piece veneer stock

Special Bases any size made to order at reasonable prices

Connected Coaster Bases & Refreshment Trays

Coaster for two glasses,

Coasters for three glasses,

Coasters for four glasses,

Coasters for six glasses, either style,

Jelly Glass Base with Lip, 4-in. diameter,

Basket & Tray Bases

Octagonal (eight sides) and Hexagonal (six sides) Bases.

The size of these bases is determined by the diameter which represents the distance from corner to corner.

Basket & Tray Bases

Sandwich & Serving Tray Bases

SANDWICH TRAY AND GINGER ALE BASES

Bored for No. 3 Reed, handles bored for No. 7 Reed
Each Per Doz.
10-in. round Sandwich Tray with lip, $0.40 $4.20
12-in. round Sandwich Tray with lip, .50 5.50
14-in. round Sandwich Tray with lip, .60 6.50
10-in. round Ginger Ale Base, six glasses only, .50 5.50
10…

Coaster Rings Or Invalid Trays

Our Coaster Rings are made from three-piece veneer stock, grooved out on the back, and are fitted with glass, backs and rubber nails.

Tools for Reed Basketry

TOOLS FOR REED BASKET
A set consisting of End Cutting Pliers, Bending Pliers
and Awl,
Round Nose Pliers, 5 in.,
Flat Nose Pliers, 5 in.,
End Cutting Pliers, 5 in.,
Diagonal Side Cutting Pliers, 5 in.,
Awls,
Reed Shears, 7 in. long,

Footstool Basketry

Kendall-Craft made from heavy ash. Size 13 in. long, 11 in. wide, .9Y4 in. high, with Ever-Gliding Casters in each corner post.

Sewing Baskets & Window Seat Frames

Made from ash, 29 in. high, 18 in. long, 12 in. wide. Corner posts made from 4-in. diameter dowels. Bases bored for No. 4 reed.
Price, $5.50
Crating, $1.00 extra

Made from heavy ash, 24 in. long, 19% in. high, 121 in. wide. Top may be made from flat reed, cane or …

Basket Window Boxes

Reed Lamp & Muffin Basket Frames

These Frames are made from heavy Reeds, three Rings and Bases for same.

Crated complete for express shipment, Without crate (delivery to customer), Frames only (without bases),

WOOD BASKET FRAME

Size of frame, 20 in. long, 13 in. wide.
Base made from in. stock. Corner …

Tray Handles for Basket makers

Stains & Finishes

Editor’s Comment: Stains and finishes have come a long way since 1924. New we have the polyurethane varnishes and other improvements. We also buy our stains ready made. In those days you bought the pigment and mixed your own.

Finishing basketry Furnishings

For a Natural Finish use Johnson’s Natural Paste Wood Filler No 10.

If Golden Oak, Dark Oak, or Antwerp Oak effects are desired apply a coat of our colored Paste Wood Filler upon the bare wood, following the directions on the label.

For Mahogany, Mission, Fumed, ...

Pine Needle Tray, Ash & Sweet Grass

Illustration shows Twine Ball Holder made from Ash Splints, Fillers, and Braided Sweet Grass.

Baskets shown below are made from long-leaf selected Pine Needles, sewed with colored Raphia

Pine Needle Basket Examples

Crepe Paper Rope Weaving

Editor’s Comment: I think this technique was called Macrame when it came around again in the 1970’s.

CREPE PAPER ROPE BASKETRY

The same principles which are applied to reed work are used for crepe rope weaving. Designs may be reproduced by …

Basket making Books

Editor’s Comment: I thought this list was especially interesting because it shows the range and variety of basket making books available in 1924. I think it helps appreciate the extent of the interest in basket making in those times. Keep in mind that …

Raphia Basket Examples.

Reed Basket Projects

Reed Table Lamp Project

How to Make Reed Table Lamps

This base is like illustration on page 26

Made over wooden base 8 inches in diameter, 12 inches high Of No. 4 reed cut 9 spokes, 38 inches long. Glue these spokes in the holes at top of lamp. Let dry before starting to weave, then by wetting …

Making a Reed Table lamp, Continued

With 3 weavers of No. 3 reed, weave triple coil and continue for 3 rows.

After the first row has been made the shade may be taken from the cardboard, as it is easier to weave.

Now cross the spokes again and tie as before, ...

Making a Reed Table Lamp – Continued

this you should weave around one spoke in • same way and then use two spokes as before. Do the same thing when you get around the second time.

When you have done pairing three times around, weave over and under each …

How To Make A Reed Lamp – Cont.

first set crosswise in the same space, leaving ends sticking out on the inside of shade about nine inches. Take two more strands and put in next space with ends sticking out on outside of shade and two more with …