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Parasol

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1870-1875

GUSN

GUSN-36468

Description

Brown cotton cover (was probably originally cream) trimmed with green and white fringe; plain wooden shaft and handle; beige enamelled and turned wooden ferrule; metal ribs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

parasols
accessories
cotton (textile)
enameling
metal
silk (textile)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
Umbrella
Parasol
Parasol

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Annie J. Pecker

Accession Number

1934.197

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