Artificial panel, a method for manufacturing same and furniture articles therefrom

A molded, monolithic polymeric panel mimicking natural wickerwork, the molded, monolithic polymeric panel comprising:

• a plurality of polymeric warp strands;
• and
• a plurality of undulating polymeric weft strands, interlacing said plurality of polymeric warp strands to form the molded, monolithic polymeric panel;
• the undulating polymeric weft strands are configured to create fine gaps between at least several neighboring warp strands and the undulating weft strands, such that neighboring weft strands are distanced from one another and the gaps form a continuous path extending between the undulating weft strands, the path being parallel to the warp strands,
• a height of a weft strand is vertically spaced from a height of a neighboring weft strand at a location intersecting a warp strand, whereby undulating neighboring weft strands give rise to a vertical gap extending between a space adjacent each warp strand and zeroing at a locations where the neighboring weft strands tangentially intersect each other, and
• at locations where the warp strands and the weft strands intersect, the warp stands and the weft strands form together an integral, solid molded material location.