Lovely Vintage Pine Needle Basket Tray with Handles made in France with no apparent wear at

with no apparent wear at all to the interior and just slight scratching to the surface

and handy for a wide variety of tasks

and the wood has been left untreated

11 1/2" long x 6 1/2" wide x 1 3/4 deep and in perfectly worn condition

Lovely Vintage Pine Needle Basket Tray with Handles made in France with no apparent wear atThis 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