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Parasol

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1865-1875

GUSN

GUSN-12917

Description

Ivory silk taffeta with ivory silk fringe around edges and tip; long, straight, round bamboo stem/handle; ivory silk lining; steel hardware.

Details

Descriptive Terms

parasols
accessories
silk (textile)
steel (alloy)
taffeta
Umbrella
Parasol
Parasol

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6079

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