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Women's Parasol

Collection Type

  • Clothing and Accessories

Date

1860-1875

GUSN

GUSN-1353

Description

Brown silk with pierced ruching; very small; wood shaft, bone ferrule; collapsible wood handle, hooked end, metal slider; metal ribs with bone tips.

Details

Descriptive Terms

parasols
accessories
bone (material)
carving (processes)
metal
silk (textile)
wood (plant material)
Parasol

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Estate of Miss Frances Greely Stevenson

Accession Number

1922.550

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