Umbrella
Subject
Accessories
Title
Umbrella
Date
1775 - 1829
Format
37 1/2 inches long; 20 inch radius (95.2 cm; 50.8 cm)
Description
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 missing a ring
Source
Donor: Mrs. Henry Fales
Identifier
URI 1961.30.14
Medium
balck silk canopy
whalebone ribs
metal rib ips
wood stick
bone or ivory inserts
whalebone ribs
metal rib ips
wood stick
bone or ivory inserts
Provenance
Tag included with the donation made in 1961 reads: "Hamanette
Old English
Umbrella, Newport, R.I. 1775"
Old English
Umbrella, Newport, R.I. 1775"
Collection
Citation
“Umbrella,” Historic Textile and Costume Collection, accessed May 5, 2024, https://uritextilecollection.omeka.net/items/show/25.