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Parasol

Licence:

CC BY-SA 4.0

Collection: Costume and Textiles
Object name: Parasol
Object category: Costume, female
Object subcategory: Accessories carried
Description: Parasol. Large pagoda shaped cover of green silk. The spike is of dark wood, the ferrule of ivory. The stick is also of dark wood, the crutch handle of polished bone [?] The ribs are of whalebone with ivory tips, the stretchers of metal.
Production date start: 1840
Production date end: 1850
Period: Victorian

Materials: Silk (Part); Ivory (Part); Bone (Part); Whalebone (Ribs); Metal (Stretchers)
Dimensions: Whole length 900.0 mm; Cover length 560.0 mm