Savoir-faire

“The Panier basket”

Woven by hand from raffia palm fibre by a cooperative of weavers in the south of Spain, then finished with leather in Marseille.

01
The fibre
Raffia is harvested from palm leaves, dried in the sun for two weeks and sorted by width and colour.
02
Weaving
A weaver needs a full day for a Panier, starting from the base and working up the sides in a tight herringbone.
03
Shaping
The basket is dampened and set on a wooden block so all the Paniers keep exactly the same shape.
04
Leather
The rim and handles are cut and stitched in our Marseille atelier, then the basket is signed inside.

The fibre