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Carriage Parasol

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1870-1877

GUSN

GUSN-1366

Description

Small parasol with gray ruffled silk show fabric, lined with pink. The carved wooden handle has a ring for suspension at far end. Wooden shaft and carved wooden ferrule with ring at top, from which hangs a white silk tassel.

Details

Descriptive Terms

parasols
accessories
carving (processes)
silk (textile)
wood (plant material)
Parasol, Carriage
Parasol, Carriage

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Henry B. Spelman

Accession Number

1942.227

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