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Parasol

Object/Artifact

Black painted turned wood stick, jointed, with bone ring handle and decorative brass ferrule. 3” brass slider; 6” brass joint cover with delicate wheel engraved rings. Steel stretchers with stirrup joints. 8 whalebone ribs wired at top. Turned 1.5” bone ferrule with ball tip. Brown hand stitched heavy cotton cover which might be period replacement. Ribs may have been cut down first; present cover conceals the rib ends. 33” long overall.

G88.208

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1800 - 1840

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

parasol

umbrella

cotton

bone

turned wood

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