Umbrella
1870-1880 (made)
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Folding umbrella with a hand-stitched green silk cover and telescopic metal handle with a hooked wooden end. The ribs are of black metal and with a circular section hinge outwards to allow the cover to fold when the handle is retracted. There is a metal wire catch to keep the umbrella in tension when it is unfolded and inside the pocket is a stencilled chintz label. A tape loop and button are stitched inside the cover near the metal tips.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, wood and metal |
| Brief description | Folding umbrella with a silk cover, telescopic metal handle ands hooked wooden end, made by Lake & Co., England, 1870-1880 |
| Physical description | Folding umbrella with a hand-stitched green silk cover and telescopic metal handle with a hooked wooden end. The ribs are of black metal and with a circular section hinge outwards to allow the cover to fold when the handle is retracted. There is a metal wire catch to keep the umbrella in tension when it is unfolded and inside the pocket is a stencilled chintz label. A tape loop and button are stitched inside the cover near the metal tips. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'LAKE AND CO., 167 REGENT STREET' (On a chintz label on metal wire catch, stencilled in green on black) |
| Credit line | Given by Mr R. Staveley Hill |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.74-1967 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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