Telegram Parasol
Subject
Accessories
Title
Telegram Parasol
Date
1860 - 1880
Format
19 inches long; 6 1/2 inch radius (48.2 cm; 16.5 cm)
Description
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 repair
Telegrams were first referred to as telegraphic dispatches, but came to be known as telegrams around 1852. The paper for telegrams was ten inches wide. Telegram parasols cannot be bigger than ten inches in diameter.
See the fashion plate and illustration from Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, 1867.
Telegrams were first referred to as telegraphic dispatches, but came to be known as telegrams around 1852. The paper for telegrams was ten inches wide. Telegram parasols cannot be bigger than ten inches in diameter.
See the fashion plate and illustration from Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, 1867.
Source
Donor: Carol Avery
Identifier
URI 1967.07.01
Medium
brown silk taffeta canopy
metal wire ribs
painted wood stick and handle
metal wire ribs
painted wood stick and handle
Collection
Citation
“Telegram Parasol,” Historic Textile and Costume Collection, accessed May 5, 2024, https://uritextilecollection.omeka.net/items/show/29.