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It is this achievement of the weaver's art that has been perpetuated by the skill of William and Mary. "The greatest basket markers that ever lived," declares an authority on basketry. "No finer baskets have ever been made," says another. And so the artists work in their lonely mountain home. Gentle, patent, wise in the matter of warp and woof and traditional forms and designs, delighting in the craft for the craft's sake, William and Mary are carrying on.

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