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corbeille is French for a kind of basket. And in modern a corbeille à papier is wastepaper basket. But that is not the type of basket mentioned here.

There's a lot of French in Louisiana, especially at the time of this story, which I believe is post-Civil War.

Here, the layette (baby's clothes) were probably in the cradle and the mother's valuable items were in a basket (corbeille) that gentleman is having them burned.

Ladies kept delicate valuables in these baskets. Things like gloves or lacy things.

corbeille is French for a kind of basket. And in modern a corbeille à papier is wastepaper basket. But that is not the type of basket mentioned here.

There's a lot of French in Louisiana, especially at the time of this story, which I believe is post-Civil War.

Here, the layette (baby's clothes) were probably in the cradle and the mother's valuable items were in a basket (corbeille) that gentleman is having them burned.

Ladies kept delicate valuables in these baskets. Things like gloves or lacy things.

The corbeille is probably what was called a corbeille de marriage given by the groom to the bride.

corbeille is French for a kind of basket. Here, they say a cradle. a corbeille à papier is waste basket.

There's a lot of French in Louisiana, especially at the time of this story, which I believe is post-Civil War.

Here, the layette (baby's clothes) were in that basket (corbeille) and that gentleman is having them burned.

corbeille is French for a kind of basket. And in modern a corbeille à papier is wastepaper basket. But that is not the type of basket mentioned here.

There's a lot of French in Louisiana, especially at the time of this story, which I believe is post-Civil War.

Here, the layette (baby's clothes) were probably in the cradle and the mother's valuable items were in a basket (corbeille) that gentleman is having them burned.

Ladies kept delicate valuables in these baskets. Things like gloves or lacy things.

corbeille is French for a kind of basket. Here, they say a cradle. a corbeille à papier is waste basket.

There's a lot of French in Louisiana, especially at the time of this story, which I believe is post-Civil War.

They were burning ladies' clothing items on a pyre in a basket made of willow tree branches.

corbeille is French for a kind of basket. Here, they say a cradle. a corbeille à papier is waste basket.

There's a lot of French in Louisiana, especially at the time of this story, which I believe is post-Civil War.

Here, the layette (baby's clothes) were in that basket (corbeille) and that gentleman is having them burned.