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Grey silk taffeta chine, with pink, green, blue, lavender floral bunches with floral sprigs and five narrow horizontal tucks; brown bamboo handle withwhite porcelaine "T" shaped handle from Dresden; porcelaine handle is hand painted with polychrome floral bouquets, overglaze, gilt, spokes are covered with silk; brass tip; points of tortoise shell.
parasols
accessories
silk (fiber)
porcelain
bamboo (material)
chiné technique
Umbrella
Parasol
Parasol
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.6213
Title Parasol Accession Number 1969.6074AB
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