fbpx

Carriage Parasol

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1840-1865

GUSN

GUSN-41232

Description

Small, green silk; small ring on metal ferrule; trompe-l'oeil grain wooden shaft and turned handle with bone tip; painted black metal slider; marquis folding hinges (two); whale bone spokes.

Details

Descriptive Terms

parasols
accessories
painting (coating)
silk (textile)
wood (plant material)
Parasol, Carriage
Parasol, Carriage

Additional Identification Number

A3507

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. W. Lyman Underwood

Accession Number

1941.350

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].