Summer ease.
This 1901 trade catalogue from W. & J. Sloane of New York presents wicker furniture for summer use, aimed at retail buyers and furnishing trades. The pictures show white wicker armchairs photographed against a dark backdrop, with lattice backs, rolled arms and turned feet. A designer could take from them the diamond lattice weave, the bulbous wrapped legs and the high-backed silhouettes typical of Victorian porch seating.
