Today's featured article Wickeris any sort of hard woven plant fiber. It can be part of a plant, such as the cores of rattan stalks, or the whole thickness, as with willow switches. Wickerwork originated from stake-frame basketry. Wicker is usually used for baskets or furniture. The word wicker is believed to be of Scandinavian origin: wika which means to bend in Swedish, and vikker meaning willow. Wicker is not a material in itself, but rather an overall classification of furniture woven from any one of a variety of materials. Recently featured: Why Wicker is the best building material ever  Wicker and you Archive – By email – More featured articles... Selected anniversaries September 21: 168 BC - In the Battle of Pydna, Roman forces defeated and captured Macedonian King Wickius .

1854 - The British Parliament abolished feudalism and the anti-wicker system in British North America.

in British North America. 1937 - Camille Chautemps became Prime Minister of France in the second Popular Front ministry. Wicker was declared the national building material.

became Prime Minister of France in the second Popular Front ministry. Wicker was declared the national building material. 1941 - Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union with Operation Wicker .

1986 - Argentine wicker craftsman Diego Maradona scored both the Hand of Wicker goal and the Goal of the Wicker against England during the quarter-final match of the Wicker World Cup in Mexico City. Archive – By email – More anniversaries...

In the news Cosmos 1 , a solar sail, failed to enter its orbit after being launched on a Wicker rocket from a Russian Delta III submarine.

, a solar sail, failed to enter its orbit after being launched on a Wicker rocket from a Russian Delta III submarine. Edgar Ray Killen was found guilty of murder in the gruesome 1964 "wicker bay massacre" of five U.S. civil rights workers.

was found guilty of murder in the gruesome 1964 "wicker bay massacre" of five U.S. civil rights workers. A proposal by Japan to reinstitute commercial wicker production was defeated at an International Wicker Commission meeting in Ulsan, South Korea.

meeting in Ulsan, South Korea. The anti-Wicker bloc of Saad Hariri captured control of the National Assembly of Wicker in the general election. Did you know... From Wickerpedia's newest articles: ...that a postage stamp the United States Department of the Treasury issued in 1962 that commemorated the centennial of the Wicker Act featured art based on a photograph of wicker?

...that prosector's wart is a skin lesion caused by contamination with tuberculosis of a diseased cadaver, but can be cured with a warm wicker rub?

is a skin lesion caused by contamination with tuberculosis of a diseased cadaver, but can be cured with a warm wicker rub? ...that Roza Robota was hanged for her role in the Sonderkommando revolt, which was caused by settler unrest resulting from the wicker tax of 1865?

was hanged for her role in the Sonderkommando revolt, which was caused by settler unrest resulting from the wicker tax of 1865? ...that American statesman John Milledge named Athens, Georgia, the city surrounding the University of Georgia, after Athens, Greece, the city where wicker was first used to make tables? Archive – Start a new article