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Pale gold silk twill lined with green; cream fringe; naturalistic carved wood handle; ferrule with brass ring; gold silk cord and tassel on handle; metal ribs.
parasols
accessories
metal
silk (textile)
twill
wood (plant material)
Umbrella
Parasol
Parasol
Note, written in ink, tied to handle: ""Pongee/sunshade/and/Green silk/Sunshade/Both about 1870""
Unknown
Gift of the Misses Cummings
1934.1751
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