Leather tool basket

Unidentified · mid 19th-mid 20th century

A brown leather tool basket. The ellipse-shaped basket has a wooden base, leather sides, and a leather handle. The leather sides are riveted to the wooden base along the bottom edge of the basket. The leather sides are constructed from a single piece of leather that is wrapped around the base and stitched closed along one long side of the basket with a small, interior piece of leather. The leather straps are made from a single piece of leather with a thick handgrip that has been split into four (4) thinner straps that are also riveted to the wooden base.