Description

This wooden laundry hamper or ropero features a caned design on all sides, allowing for excellent air circulation to prevent odors. Dirty clothes are conveniently deposited through the lidded top, while a full-access door on one side swings open to retrieve the laundry for washing.

Compared to modern-day hampers, traditional roperos were bigger to accommodate the volume of the women’s clothes which were made with multiple layers of fabric.

This item is part of the DM Guevara Collection, which pays tribute to the Filipino artisans of the past two centuries. Comprising of both fine furniture collections and folk implements, the collection highlights Western and Asian influences that are exquisite and functionally Filipino. The DM Guevara Collection was put together by the family matriarch Carmen S. Guevara for the Museo ng Buhay Pilipino in 1979.

Donation

D.M.G FI