Hello all:

For my work study experience at the Maidstone Museum in Southeastern England we putting together a display on embroidery and beadwork titled "Its All in the Detail."  I am researching a mid-seventeenth century basket that is made of colored beads and metal wire, given by Lady Cornwallis.  It is very elaborate and the accession entry refers to it as a "Christening basket."  I found a similar basket on the Bard website (its the object of the month) and wondered if any one had any ideas about how such an intricate piece would be used (a Christening gift?).  There is a link to the example on the Bard website below.  Thanks in advance.

http://www.bgc.bard.edu/object_month/120508/oom_120508_image_related_3.shtml


Cheers,

Natalya Hopper

Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina

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