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Collection Item: Umbrella
Basic info
- Collection
- Costume and Textiles
- Object name
- Umbrella
- Object category
- Costume, female
- Object subcategory
- Accessories carried
- Creators
- Fox, S. and Company Limited (Manufacturer)
- Description
- Umbrella. Dome shaped cover of black silk and cotton mix with grey stripes around the bottom edge. Unlined. The spike is long and thin with a metal ferrule tip. The stick is of wood, the long, tapering handle is of varnished wood with a decorative silver cap. The ribs and stretchers are of steel. The umbrella is held closed by a buttoned cord.
- Production date start
- 1910
- Production date end
- 1920
- Period
- Edwardian
- World War One
- Between the Wars
Identification
- Object number
- YORCM : TPU429
- Alternative number
- 220.78
- Number of objects
- 1
- Classification code
- 3.3381
- Classification scheme
- SHIC
- ID
- 10001854
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Silk (Part)
- Cotton (Part)
- Wood (Part)
- Metal (Part)
- Silver (Part)
- Dimensions
- Whole length 1,005.0 mm
- Cover length 570.0 mm
Production
- Creators
- Fox, S. and Company Limited (Manufacturer)
- Location
- Stocksbridge
