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The collection was broadly inspired by 18th Century court costumes, seen in soft, dressing gown coats with pretty gathered details, wide panier skirts kept short, and pretty velvet ribbons tied in the hair.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2023

Also included in the sale is Nature morte au panier de fruits et aux fleurs, a still life painted by Picasso during the Nazi occupation of Paris in 1942 and valued at $10m-$15m.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2021

There's a queer, uncouth representation of the panier de la mort, as it is called, in the Chronique, which you can see in the old library at Rochepied.

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James

Jean Marot occupied a cell in a "panier à salade" en route for the dépôt, not so much the worse for his recent exciting experience as at first seemed probable he might be.

From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore

In a New York home one room is devoted to a so-called panier fleuri collection which in this case means that each article shows the design of a basket holding flowers or fruit.

From The Art of Interior Decoration by Wood, Grace