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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

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Carriage parasol with one half-fold break with smooth cover, and eight ribs which are hidden under the canopy. A gray tassel dangles from the round spike. A smaller tassel is attached by a long braid to one of the rib tips to act as a closure. A…

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En-tout-cas parasol wtih eight ribs, machine lock-stitch, white tassel attached above the handle, with a dome-shaped canopy, black channel ribs, metal rib tips, and the stick has a knotted design and a club-shaped handle

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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…

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Sunshade with metal wire ribs supporting a silk canopy with a white ground and ikat print in pink and brown, with a ruffle with pinked and scalloped edging; stick is tan wood with darker wood handle that has a rounded crook shape.

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Sunshade with sixteen channel ribs supporting the white linen canopy, in a cone shape, that as gathered rows of white silk chiffon and appliqued daisies; stick is wood with white man-made spike; handle and rib tips with black accents on the handle…

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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;…

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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…

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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…

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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…
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