Medium Galvanized Basket
a classic french garden basket
WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT THIS ITEM
- Hand-made in France by a family business.
- Beech handles for comfort.
- Galvanized steel prevents rust.
- Ideal for washing fruits & veggies.
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The galvanized-steel wire vessel is sturdy and rust-proof — I’ve left mine outside for over a year, and it’s still as good as new. Available in three sizes (which nest together), it’s delicate enough for collecting eggs and strong enough for toting firewood.
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Meet the Maker
Three Generations, One Workshop
The grandmother started it. Her daughter expanded it. Today a small team of artisans — including Aude, a gifted third-generation craftswoman — carries on the tradition, standing at the same benches, using the same tools, bending wire by feel rather than measurement. They say you can tell a good basket by its sound: the way the wire hums when it’s tensioned correctly.
It is not a factory and never will be. The weavers are a handful of people, many of them neighbors from the village, making a few hundred baskets a year — not a few thousand — because there is no shortcut for hands shaping wire.
My mother never gave me instructions. She put the wire in my hands and said, watch. I watched for two years before she let me finish a basket on my own.
Third-generation basket weaver — Aude, France
The Discovery
A Paris Flea Market and a Three-Day Trail
Garry spotted a wire basket at a Paris flea market in the early 1980s and spent the rest of the afternoon trying to find out who made it. The vendor didn’t know. Nobody at the market knew. He spent three days following the trail from Paris to a village he’d never heard of, where he found a workshop with the door open and a woman weaving wire in the afternoon light.
He knew within five minutes that he’d found something worth the trip. Not because of the basket — because of the person making it. Someone who cared about the difference between good enough and exactly right. He ordered thirty baskets on the spot. That partnership has held for decades.
The Craft
Six Steps, One Year to Learn Them
Every new weaver learns the same six steps: shape the frame by hand until it settles into the right curve. Join the structural ribs at precise intervals. Weave each wire through the ribs row by row. Fit the handle. Smooth every wire end so nothing snags fabric or scratches a countertop. Then inspect the finished basket by hand — if anyone feels a snag, it gets unwoven and started over.
The workshop says it takes about a year before someone can complete all six unsupervised.
The Design
Built to Work, Built to Last
Double-Layer Steel Wire
Two full structural layers woven on fixed jigs, not one layer with decorative crossbars. This is what gives each basket its rigidity and load-bearing strength.
Full Galvanization
Hot-dip galvanized as a complete unit after weaving. The zinc coating bonds to every surface, inside and out. Rinse produce in the basket, leave it in the rain. It will not rust.
European Beechwood Handle
Turned from European Beechwood — the traditional choice for French tool handles. Smooth, strong, and naturally comfortable under load. It wears well and will not split.
Three Sizes, All Nesting
The small is sized for herbs and eggs. The medium handles a morning’s picking. The large carries a full afternoon’s harvest. All three nest together for compact storage.
The Material
Galvanized Steel That Welcomes Water
Most garden baskets ask you to choose between durability and convenience. Wicker looks charming but rots. Plastic is waterproof but brittle and graceless. Bare steel is strong but rusts the moment you rinse your tomatoes.
These baskets sidestep the compromise entirely. Leave them out in a rainstorm. They were designed for exactly this kind of use.
The first time I visited that workshop, the mother was still running things. She poured coffee, sat me down, and spent an hour showing me why her baskets were different. I ordered thirty on the spot. Twenty years later, I still have the first one she gave me.
Garry Chinn — Founder, Garrett Wade
Specifications
The Details
| Small Basket | 12¾″ L × 8½″ W × 8¼″ D — |
| Medium Basket | 16¾″ L × 10½″ W × 6″ D — |
| Large Basket | 22¾″ L × 14″ W × 7½″ D — |
| Pair (Med + Large) | Both sizes — (save $10) |
| Material | Double-layer galvanized steel wire |
| Handle | European Beechwood, fixed |
| Finish | Hot-dip galvanized (rust-resistant) |
| Origin | Martigné-Ferchaud, France |
| Construction | Hand-woven on fixed jigs |
| Nesting | All three sizes nest for storage |
| Shipping | Ground only — contiguous 48 states |
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Three sizes, starting at $49. Hand-woven in France.
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