Parasol
1780s (made)
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Parasol with a heavily repaired green silk cover, with a yellow fringe trim. The pole is bamboo with a long, carved steel nose cap. It has a distinctive, claw shaped ivory ferrule.
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| Brief description | Parasol with green silk cover; steel, wood and ivory pole; English, 1780s |
| Physical description | Parasol with a heavily repaired green silk cover, with a yellow fringe trim. The pole is bamboo with a long, carved steel nose cap. It has a distinctive, claw shaped ivory ferrule. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Agnes M. Reeves |
| Object history | Description from the acquisition register Parasol with long stick of cane, having a small crook of ivory at one end and metal mount, and a long iron (?) ferrule at the other. The hinged frame is of metal and the ribs of whale-bone. The covering of blue silk is in fragments. It has a looped fringe of brown silk. English; about 1780 |
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| Accession number | T.330-1913 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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