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Wicker hinge

Attachment for fixing a lid to the basket.

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Double edge

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Socket edge

Mainly used at the edge of baskets with interlocking lids. A distinction must therefore be made between the basket and the lid fitting.

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Edge

Technique that finishes the object. The border is made with the ribs which are layered and braided in various ways.

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Ordinary edge with counter edge

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Two-stranded handle

Handle formed by two strands which are corded around a sub-cove

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Handle strand cove

A handle made up of a single strand that strings itself, it is the simplest of the handles.

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Bat

A piece of iron used to compact the weaving of the wicker strands as they are made. It is fitted with a ring to straighten the large wicker strands.

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Cove

The curved part of the basket, either arched, semicircular or ring-shaped, through which certain containers are picked up. There are small coves (or handles) for carrying the basket with two hands and large coves for carrying the basket with one hand.

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Corded cove