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Mourning parasol has eight channel ribs supporting a black silk taffeta canopy with a wide border of mourning crape and a button and loop closure; stick is black manufactured materials (possibly celluloid) with a black tassel wrapped around the…

Piccolo umbrella with seven channel ribs supporting a navy blue silk taffeta canopy; stick is metal rod which is missing its spike and unscrews from the hollow bamboo-style wood handle; handle has a self-fabric bow and wrist strap around the middle…

Staff parasol with eight channel ribs supporting a brown silk satin canopy with a black silk lining and scalloped black lace edging all around and a black rope keeper ring; stick is tan wood with an angled T-shaped spike and straight handle carved…

Telegram parasol has eight metal wire ribs supporting a brown silk taffeta canopy with a self-fabric ruffle around the edge; stick is painted white wood with an oval-shaped handle; metal wrapped around the middle of the stick for repairTelegrams were…

Baby buggy parasol (L-shape) with one break at the top has eight metal wire ribs that support a white cotton canopy and a ruffled net overlay; stick is a steel rod which would lock into the baby buggy at an adjustable height and angle at the top to…

Child's parasol has eight metal wire ribs supporting a white cotton canopy printed in a blue-gray with the design of figured monkeys playing musical instruments around the border; stick is tan wood with a wood handle in a straight bamboo style.

Automatic opening umbrella patented in 1917 has eight metal channel ribs supporting a machine chain stitched, black Gloriana cloth canopy in a dome shape; silver-colored metal stick with wood handle in a crook shape that has a slanted ivory end. The…

Umbrella has one half-fold break with engraved cover and eight whalebone ribs supporting a black silk canopy hand sewn into a domed shape, with eight metal rib tips; stick is turned wood with bone or ivory inserts in the handle; ivory end has a hole…

Umbrella has nine whalebone ribs that support a repaired brown cotton canopy, with corded edge; hand sewn with a back stitch; dome shape; rib tips, spike and runner are all engraved brass; wood stick has a  handle with a carved design of either a…

Walking parasol with eight ribs and a hand-sewn, domed canopy of green silk velvet interlined with a cream-colored chiffon or mousseline de soie; channel ribs wrapped in chiffon; tortoise shell rib tips; brown wood stick with a carved bamboo design;…