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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 3462875, member: 8267"]A truly sad story.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a willow weaver myself, I was very interested to see the photo of the wicker coffin. As the link you provided says, they have been revived with the current interest in "green" burials. Your historic example shows a rounded form, which is more traditional and easier to produce. The modern examples often try to replicate the rectangular shapes of wooden coffins, with which customers are more familiar nowadays.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.somersetwillowcoffins.co.uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.somersetwillowcoffins.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">https://www.somersetwillowcoffins.co.uk/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 3462875, member: 8267"]A truly sad story. As a willow weaver myself, I was very interested to see the photo of the wicker coffin. As the link you provided says, they have been revived with the current interest in "green" burials. Your historic example shows a rounded form, which is more traditional and easier to produce. The modern examples often try to replicate the rectangular shapes of wooden coffins, with which customers are more familiar nowadays. [URL]https://www.somersetwillowcoffins.co.uk/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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