One of my favourite museums in the Netherlands is the Zuiderzeemuseum, which represents the life of the small fishing villages. They have built a village with all sorts of houses, enterprises, a school, church, cheese store and so on. There is lots to see.
They also show some of the baskets which people used in their small houses to store precious clothing. These were painted with the most colourful patterns. People did not own much but treasured their small belongings. Here are some pictures:
The beige basket in the picture above is a modern interpretation by a Dutch designer.
And these are quite rare to find, but whole artworks were painted on some furniture, what a treasure to have!
Here is the link to the museum-website.
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