Silk parasol in a golden-cream color with raised pattern of leaves. Bottom is solid golden-cream and scalloped. Handle is bamboo. Comes with a paper cover with writing ' plished in 1855./..J. Gilchrist,/ Importers and Dealers in/(D)ry Goods./At the Old Stand./ ..5&7 Witner Street. Boston.'
parasols
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bamboo (material)
brocade (textile)
metal
paper (fiber product)
silk (textile)
wood (plant material)
Umbrella
Parasol
Parasol
Beige silk patterned with brocade flowers, scalloped edfge; wood shaft; bamboo handle; metal ribs; metal cap on tips. In original paper wrapper.
Printed on paper cover: ""ESTABLISHED IN 1855./J. GILCHRIST,/IMPORTERS and DEALERS IN/ DRY GOODS,/AT THE OLD STAND/5 & 7 Winter Street, BOSTON""
Used At Lady Pepperrell House,
1942.1477A,B
1942.1477 AB
Unknown
Gift of Virginia L. Hodge and Katharine D. Parry
1942.1477AB
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