While a suntan is a tell-tale sign that one has just returned from a beach vacation, a visit to Nantucket is also often marked by a new addition to one’s collection of rattan baskets. The island’s ...

While yachting up and down the Northeast coast, Dallas-based fashion insider and muse Nasiba Adilova picked up a treasured souvenir on the Very T & C island of Nantucket: An incredibly collectible ...

Nantucket Women's Collection, exclusively available online and in six vineyard vines locations along the East Coast. The ...

After spending 40-plus hours weaving a Nantucket Lightship Basket, Patty Campbell sometimes has a hard time handing over the finished product to a customer. “Weaving the baskets is very rewarding and ...

The rigor required to create a Nantucket lightship basket puts the lie to any cheap jokes about learning the craft. “If these baskets are made perfectly,” says Leslie Goldsmith, “they should be able ...

Remember the old Patti Page standard, Old Cape Cod, which sang of “sand dunes and salty air, quaint little villages here and there”? If you do, then you’ll get the right coastal New England setting of ...

COLLECTORS have been drawn to the beauty, individuality and workmanship of Nantucket lightship baskets for more than 100 years. This form of basket was first made in the mid-19th century on the island ...

Nantucket baskets have been popular collectibles since the 1940s. The first baskets on Nantucket Island were made by the Wampanoag Indians, but they were not like the later Nantucket baskets. The ...

Nantucket baskets have been popular purses and collectibles since the 1940s. The first baskets on Nantucket Island were made by the Wampanoag Indians, but they were not like the later Nantucket ...

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