Wicker furniture is tough and durable, but extremely light, which makes it popular for use in both indoors and outdoors living areas…and it has been this way since the beginning of recorded time. Archaeologists have found artifacts made from wicker in Egypt, and dated them to about 1400 B.C.
There is no plant called “wicker”…the term refers to the method in which the chosen material 0 rattan, bamboo, willow, or other sturdy but pliable plant fibers 0 are woven together -usually through a rattan framework - to form anything from baskets to tables to chairs.
When materials of good quality are used, and the vines are woven properly, wicker furniture should last for decades - with normal use. Indeed, some wicker antiques of the Victorian period are still in use today. This is because the materials that make wicker - rattan, etc., is filled with fibers running lengthwise, similar to a cable. Such a vine bends, therefore, but does not splinter and break as wood does.
Today, wicker furniture is not limited to the loveseat and chair set of the past. Practically any piece of furniture in the house 0 including desks, wall units and chests of drawers […]

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