Vintage Wicker Laundry BasketExtra Large Retro Amish Woven

• Handcrafted Quality: Handwoven from rattan reed over a solid hardwood bottom about a half inch thick, with a hardwood rim and two leather handles riveted through the weave, by an Old Order Amish family on the Iowa-Missouri border, and signed by the weaver who made it.
• The Classic Laundry Basket: 22 x 16 1/2 inches at the rim and 12 inches deep: a full washer load, carried with two hands.
• Leather Loop Handles: Hand-cut leather loops, riveted through the weave and the rim so they carry the basket full.
• Measures: 22" x 16 1/2" x 12" tall. Contents not included.
• Three Trim Colors: Choose Plain, Wine & Blue, or Wine & Green. The color is woven in as dyed reed, not painted on.
• Optional Extras: A lift-off solid wood lid made for this basket, a hand-sewn cotton liner made for it, protective feet and an engraved solid brass plate are each optional and sold right on this page. The basket ships open and unlined and is complete without them.
• American Heritage: Handwoven in the USA and signed by the Amish weaver who made it. Backed by our lifetime guarantee, with free shipping and no-questions returns on every order.

This is the laundry basket people buy once. "When I received it my husband said "this will be the last laundry basket we ever need to buy!"" Patty wrote in 2020. "It's the perfect size and is way too nice looking to be hidden away in the closet." Teresa, in 2016: "I move clothes between 3 floors and out to my Sunshine Clothesline. What a huge improvement in my life!" Margaret kept it simple: "The size is right for a full load of laundry and the handles are comfortable."

The reviews reach across a decade. Joyce, at 86, wrote that she had "instructed my daughters that it is to become a family heirloom to be passed on from generation to generation." Sarah, in 2018, loved "that you signed your family's name on the bottom" and would treasure it "as a gift from your family to ours." Julie found the baskets "remind me of times spent at my grandmother's house," and Robin "can think of so many uses for this "laundry" basket that i bought 2 more."

The sizes are the outside of the rim, the widest point; the sides flare out slightly from the base. Many of these baskets go out with the liner sewn for it, or get one later: Julie asked in 2016 "if you sell cloth liners for this basket," and the answer has been yes ever since, on this page, any time after the basket arrives. The lift-off lid made for it turns it into a hamper and fits our throw blanket basket as well. There is also the 2 Bushel Laundry Basket; for a smaller load or the car, the Medium Wicker Laundry Basket; for an oval, the Farmhouse Laundry Basket; for a hamper with the lid built in, see the hampers with lids page.

An Old Order Amish family weaves it by hand on the Iowa-Missouri border, in the same community as the rest of our laundry baskets, and the weaver signs the bottom before it leaves the farm. Standard shipping is free, and rush delivery is offered at checkout when a birthday or Christmas is close. It ships gift-ready, with no prices in the box, a free gift note at checkout, and a short letter about the family who wove it. Like every basket we sell, it carries our lifetime guarantee, and returns are no questions asked.

Measures: 22" x 16 1/2" x 12" tall