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The Woven Basket
 
This page attempts to record what is known about the origin and history of the design known as the Woven Basket. Please contact me if you know any of this information is incorrect or if you have any other information that should be added. Thank you.

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1873

As far as I know this design first appears in 'Die Praxis Des Kindergartens' by Auguste Koehler, which was published by Herman Bohlau in Weimar in 1873.

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1886

A similar design appears in the second ediion of 'Des Kindes Erste Beschaftigungsbuch' by E Barth and W Niederley, which was pulished in 1886.

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1911

The Woven Basket also appears in 'Häusliche Kleinkunst und Bastelarbeit in Wort und Bild' by Hermann Pfeiffer, which was published by Verlag von Hermann Zieger in Leipzig in 1911.

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