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Collection Item: Umbrella
Basic info
- Collection
- Costume and Textiles
- Object name
- Umbrella
- Object category
- Costume, male
- Object subcategory
- Accessories carried
- Creators
- Fox, S. and Company Limited (Manufacturer)
- Description
- Umbrella. Dome shaped cover of brown silk and cotton mix. The wooden spike is long and thin and has a metal ferrule tip. The stick also of wood, the large crutch handle being of ivory with a brass cap. There is a rubber ring to hold the rib tips together and a buttoned cord to hold the umbrella closed. The ribs and stretchers are of steel.
- Production date start
- 1880
- Production date end
- 1900
- Period
- Victorian
Identification
- Object number
- YORCM : TPU416
- Number of objects
- 1
- Classification code
- 3.3381
- Classification scheme
- SHIC
- ID
- 10001840
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Silk (Part)
- Cotton (Part)
- Wood (Part)
- Metal (Part)
- Ivory (Part)
- Dimensions
- Whole length 880.0 mm
- Cover length 620.0 mm
Production
- Creators
- Fox, S. and Company Limited (Manufacturer)
- Location
- Stocksbridge
