Digital Collections

Parasol

Object/Artifact

Machine stitched apricot silk taffeta cover with scallop-pinked scalloped edges, ivory or white silk lining. White painted jointed wood stick with silverplated slider, carved bone handle and turned bone ferrule. White silk cord and tassle. Steel ribs and stretchers.

G85.654

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1870

parasol

umbrella

machine stitched

silk taffeta

carved bone

turned bone

silverplated slider

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