Sunshade
Subject
Accessories
Title
Sunshade
Date
1880 - 1900
Format
23 1/2 inches long; 11 inch radius (59.6 cm; 28 cm)
Description
Sunshade with eight metal wire ribs supporting machine embroidered black silk canopy with two rows of 2" wide self-ruffled fabric, machine chain stitched into a cone shape that has a pinked scalloped edge; stick is of a blonde wood with darker carved wood handle in twisted pretzel ring shape.
Source
Donor: Rogers Elwell Trainer
Identifier
URI 1956.42.152
Medium
metal wire ribs
embroidered black silk
blonde wood stick
wood handle
embroidered black silk
blonde wood stick
wood handle
Collection
Citation
“Sunshade,” Historic Textile and Costume Collection, accessed May 16, 2024, https://uritextilecollection.omeka.net/items/show/20.