Carriage Parasol

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Subject

Accessories

Title

Carriage Parasol

Date

1840 - 1860

Format

23 1/2 inches long; 8 inch radius (59.8 cm; 20.4 cm)

Description

Carriage parasol with eight ribs, double-break with engraved slide, hand-sewn, green silk bauble with tassel at tip, cone-shaped canopy, turned spike with missing ring, turned straight handle

Source

Donor: Mr. & Mrs. Albert Crandall

Identifier

URI 1951.24.10

Medium

green, yellow and cream striped silk canopy
whalebone ribs and tips
brown wood stick

Citation

“Carriage Parasol,” Historic Textile and Costume Collection, accessed May 16, 2024, https://uritextilecollection.omeka.net/items/show/17.