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Parasol

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1840-1865

GUSN

GUSN-6783

Description

Teal blue silk cover; false grained wooden turned stick; possibly bone handle and ferrule, and tips to ribs; very small; two marquis folding hinges; painted black metal slider., Thin black ribbon closure; black cord and tassel at handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

parasols
accessories
bone (material)
painting (coating)
silk (textile)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
Umbrella
Parasol
Parasol

Additional Identification Number

A3400

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Miss P.S. Adams

Accession Number

1942.567

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