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the ancient art of weaving rigid plants into curves that refuse to break
means Woven items or material made by interlacing flexible twigs, canes, or rushes into baskets, furniture, and panels.
from From "wicker" plus "work." "Wicker" entered English from Scandinavian roots — compare Old Swedish "viker" (willow) and a verb related to "vika," to bend or fold. The thread that ties them is bending: the willow rod was named for what it does, yielding under the hand without snapping. "Work" simply names the made thing, as in "needlework" or "latticework" — so wickerwork is, quite literally, bendy-twig work.
- older than pottery
- Baskets predate ceramics by thousands of years
- war machine
- Roman shields and chariots used woven wicker frames
- survives floods
- Egyptian wicker baskets found intact after millennia
- not a material
- Wicker is a technique, not a plant
- flying high
- Hot air balloon gondolas stay wicker for flex and lightness
chatsworth house baskets — english stately home with renowned 17th-century wicker furniture collection
loewe wicker bags — spanish luxury brand famous for handwoven wicker handbags since 1846
danish tromborg furniture — mid-century modern wicker and rattan furniture maker from denmark, 1950s-60s