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Parasol

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1835-1855

GUSN

GUSN-35300

Description

Green silk satin-striped moire; real rosewood handle with mother-of-pearl pique trim; bone-tipped whalebone spokes with metal stretchers; rosewood ferrule; two marquis folding hinges; painted metal slider.

Details

Descriptive Terms

parasols
accessories
bone (material)
metal
moiré
mother of pearl
rosewood (wood)
silk (textile)
Umbrella
Parasol
Parasol

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of George Woodman and Cornelia Shaw Blake

Accession Number

1932.2453

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