Lovely Vintage Pine Needle Basket Tray with Handles made in France and the wood has been

and the wood has been left untreated

I have found a few different Mary Rand's who were artists

and handy for a wide variety of tasks

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Lovely Vintage Pine Needle Basket Tray with Handles made in France and the wood has beenThis pine needle basket tray, probably mid 20th century and Coushatta (Southeast U. S native), is just lovely, with a terrific interplay between the warm brown of the pine needles and the light stitching, which creates a spiral pattern as it joins one pine needle bundle to the next. Plus those beautifully knotted "golden sun" details at the handles and center! The basket, which I believe was made to hold a pie plate, seems to have been finished with a