Baskets and related woven goods made for sale or use; merchandise made of basket-weave materials.
From 'basket' + 'ware' (suffix for goods or merchandise). Following the pattern of 'glassware,' 'hardware,' 'stoneware'.
Calling something 'ware' changed it from craft to commerce—'basketware' is marketing language that transformed regional folk art into merchandise you could buy in department stores by the late 1800s!
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