Offered is a retired and iconic Longaberger Medium Gatehouse basket, featuring a brown leather strap for hanging. It's in excellent condition, accompanied by a black heavy duty linen cloth liner. This piece boasts a Collectors Club Homestead Gathering 2002 gold label and is free of visible flaws. It also carries six authentic signatures from the Dave Longaberger family members. Please consider all photos as they are integral to your description. The Longaberger Company, based in Dresden, Ohio, has been crafting handwoven baskets from U.S.-sourced hardwood maple, along with pottery and hand-forged wrought iron products, for over forty years, spanning from 1973 to 2018. After a brief hiatus, the company resumed operations in 2019, with artisans in Dresden, Ohio, continuing the century-old tradition of basket-making. Each Longaberger basket is handwoven and initialed by the artisan responsible for its creation. During the peak of its popularity, the company boasted over 4,000 weavers and more than 70,000 home consultants.