For Graves, 54, the bassinet embodies the small-town Americana that continued to personify the Orange of her childhood. Her parents still have the ranch they moved to when Graves was around 7.

A rattan bassinet from The Rattan Collective, which retails for a relatively steep $395, scored just 20 percent.

Child safety experts have called for bassinets to be regulated like cots, as fears grow parents are choosing style over safety when it comes to nursery furniture and design.

There is no Australian standard for bassinets, so we use our own in-house method that is based on a typical home setting and rate whether the bassinet meets key safety requirements. We also adapt ...

Child safety experts have called for bassinets to be regulated like cots, as fears grow parents are choosing style over safety when it comes to nursery furniture and design.

Child safety experts have called for bassinets to be regulated like cots, as fears grow parents are choosing style over safety when it comes to nursery furniture and design.