Farmhouse Laundry BasketDecorative Amish Woven Wicker Storage

• 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 Oval Carry Basket: 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches at the rim and 10 inches deep: a load of wash, a stack of bath towels, or the folded laundry on its way back upstairs, in an oval that sits against the hip when you carry it.
• Leather Handles, Solid Bottom: Hand-cut leather loops riveted through the weave and the rim, and a solid hardwood bottom, so it carries full without sagging.
• Measures: 19 1/2" x 15 1/2" x 10" 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 hand-sewn cotton liner made for this basket, 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 oval laundry basket, the old shape. "My home is neither a "farmhouse" nor "rustic", yet this oval laundry basket works perfectly for my laundry closet," Elizabeth wrote in 2023. "The oval shape has a pleasing nostalgic appeal, and the liner fits well. The quality is the best I have seen. Perfect size for laundry loads." Cynthia, in 2025: "This basket is almost to beautiful to use. Unbelievably well made." Joan: "I just love the size it's perfect."

It is a towel basket as much as a laundry basket: rolled bath towels beside the tub, the folded stack on the way upstairs, the load of wash on the way down. Jacob, in 2024: "Very high quality and sturdy. Will be using for years to come." Michelle: "The care that goes into the baskets shows."

The liner sewn for it lifts the load out in one piece and washes by machine; it is on this page and can be added any time after the basket arrives. The sizes are the outside of the rim; the sides flare out slightly from the base. For a rectangle at a full load, the Vintage Wicker Laundry Basket at 22 x 16 1/2; for a round one, the Extra Large Round Basket; for a smaller basket that fits a shelf, the Medium Wicker Laundry Basket; for an oval that stands in the room with a lid, the Oval Laundry Hamper on the hampers with lids page. The whole family is on the wicker laundry baskets 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: 19 1/2" x 15 1/2" x 10" tall